"One of the greatest investors in modern times has paid attention to big ideas and put them into practice. After analyzing hundreds of peer-reviewed academic papers, examining hundreds of similar ideas at finance conferences, talking to hundreds of CEOs of investment companies and evaluating hundreds of bank accounts and other assets, Jack Bogle of the Vanguard Group made the bold decision to create a low-cost investment fund that could earn respectable returns regardless of the risk taken. At first, he went the traditional route of charging fees to invest, and raising equity and debt capital. Then he realized that banks and hedge funds and others could also charge hefty fees while taking out virtually all of the risk. In the wake"
"Swift has been a very popular programming language with people interested in finance, particularly as its developers were at the forefront of developing analytical models for trading markets and banks in the early 2000s. One of the standout innovations in Swift was its built-in data structures for strings. Called strings, they are often more efficient than other string structures and support simple operations that require no string-interpretation like concatenation. For example, the code below requires an additional word to express this concept: swift string(string name): IDEA_ASSIGNED_PROFILER, IDEA_REPAIR_REFUSED In this release, Swift's official documentation is now giving some explanations as to why Swift is faster than"
"6,718 Number of marketing jobs in the United States that require critical thinking and research skills, according to Payscale. The quality of marketing professionals in the United States and in other countries is rapidly improving, but it is a slow, often painful process. As research has accumulated, there has been a resurgence in serious quantitative analysis of marketing campaigns. This work is done through an assortment of technologies such as analytics, online research and consulting. Since analytics is complex and not an easy process, it is critical for marketing executives to develop data-savvy analytics teams. We would be glad to train and recruit an entrepreneurial mix of marketing research professionals and analysts who will form a team to evaluate marketing campaigns and analyze the efficacy of new marketing strategies. More than half of all marketing professionals in the United States earn a bachelor’s degree or higher. Less than 10 percent earn a master’s degree. In the United Kingdom, 57 percent of marketers earn a bachelor’s degree, 22 percent have an associate degree and 29 percent have a high school diploma or equivalent. The marketing analytics workforce of tomorrow is being formed today. Let’s find that mix of skills and train these future leaders to be the research analysts of tomorrow. Help make analytics a valuable asset for marketing by joining Payscale in its first Finance Career Community for analytics. ### Eileen Hackett is director of marketing research at Payscale. She is an analytic and data-minded marketing strategist who began her career as a financial analyst. Image credit: Unsplash The post 6,718 Marketing Analytics Jobs in the United States, and How to Earn a Competitive Salary appeared first on Payscale. More from Payscale Network Marketing Jobs in the United States | Leveraging Paid Sales to Earn a Competitive Salary Apply for a Profitable Network Marketing Job | Learn About Network Marketing in the United States How to Make Earnings Increase | Become a Money Optimizer"
"Throughout 2014, finance professionals have spent a great deal of time fretting about their bottom lines. With asset values sagging and interest rates rising, there has never been a greater focus on how to make the most money with the investments and savings they have. Financial firms can take the stress out of earning a profit with this definitive study that identifies the top 10 earning sectors and tips for making your bottom line a little happier. In the course of more than two years, 22 finance executives and 23 CFOs visited the offices of more than 110 publicly traded companies to survey more than 6,500 employees. They found that top-paying sectors include technology, consumer products, materials and apparel, business"
"Expanding on the concept of supply and demand curves in finance, Tom Bradley applies it to the econometric model of earnings in financial markets. Tom Bradley is a principal in Investment Planning Associates, a Delaware registered investment advisor with more than 35 years of investment and financial planning experience. A member of FINRA and SIPC, he is a former director of research at Hartford Financial Services Group, a Hartford-based financial services company, and former senior research analyst at the Hartford Courant. Tom earned a B.S. degree in economics and mathematics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and an M.S. degree in business administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He is a"
"In many cases, this is a fact of life. Because many financial institutions (especially the brokerages in their back offices) prefer to offer products to existing customers who are willing and able to pay their fees, the firms are often unwilling to pay for research. I just have to provide a personal example here. Every month I put my time into writing a weekly note about various financial securities and technologies, while researching new avenues and reviewing various trades in a variety of individual and small-cap securities. To my knowledge, this is a relatively unappreciated effort on my part. As a result, I typically earn a few hundred dollars a month in trading commissions, while I contribute a whopping half a million"
"In order to maximize potential earnings, consumers are recommended to go with the electronic payments processor options. While traditional financial institutions may charge a higher fee than your debit card provider, you will earn more from your accounts. Some banks are even willing to earn 100 percent or more in commission if you pay electronically. When it comes to earning, millennials are in a huge financial dilemma. Although with an appropriate savings habit, millennials are capable of earning good financial returns, without doing any hard work. With the right income earning strategies, millennials can start earning thousands of dollars every month. The finance industry understands millennials struggle in finding ways to"
""Monday, February 12, 2018 Finance and business executives who earn a quarter of their global peers in Europe have earned tens of billions of dollars in one year alone, according to an analysis of the world's most successful executives. Europe's top five executives by equity trading revenue generated a combined $6.25 billion in revenue and amassed a combined 64.9 million shares of profits earned between 2015 and 2017, according to the report. The group included Goldman Sachs (GS), UBS (UBS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Nomura (NH), and Deutsche Bank (DB). It is the first time in the report's 20-year history that Europe's best-paid investment professionals are also its top trading executives. But finance is not their sole focus, the report noted. Earnings across all sectors increased between 2016 and 2017, but earnings among investment professionals increased the most, rising 50% from 2016 to 2017. Investment and business executives tend to earn far less than their peers in the world of business. The study found that CEOs in Europe earned 16% more than their global counterparts in 2016, but average annual income for a chief executive in Europe was only $826,000 in 2016, compared with $3.14 million for CEOs around the world. In 2017, finance and business executives in Europe earned 29% less than executives in other industries, but earned 27% more than finance and business executives in the Americas, the study found. Earning between the 75th and 90th percentile globally in equity trading made a chief executive more than $2.4 million, and earnings between the 25th and 75th percentile increased a chief executive's average annual income to $63.8 million in 2017. ""Our study finds that finance and business executives earn less, globally, than others around the globe, but they also earn far more than those in other industries,"" said Andrew Holland, chief economist and managing partner of Alpha Financial Services. Over a two-year period, equity trading by finance and business executives in Europe generated $33.5 billion in revenue and profit, which was 37% of the group's overall total, the report said. Get the latest finance and business headlines from the Globe's award-winning business reporters. In an example of potential expense savings, investing and business executives in Europe paid 5.3% in tax over the past three years, which was less than their average global rate of 8.1%, the report noted. In 2017, finance and business executives in Europe earned 52% more than the group of non-business executives in the United States. The most lucrative sectors for investing and business executives in Europe were foreign and domestic bonds and foreign stocks. Business executives earned significantly more on foreign stock trading compared with European finance executives and foreign bonds trading compared with domestic stocks. The research was based on an analysis of 1,935 investment and business executives from 18 countries across Europe. The report""
"The goal was to improve the accuracy of the information provided by financial analysts in reports to investors. Also, through their analysis, they discovered an emerging threat to investors, driven by sophisticated finance firms, resulting in negative findings that led to negative cash flows for financial institutions that risked overstretching their balance sheets, with potentially severe repercussions for lenders, investors and real estate borrowers. The Institute found analytical failings with financial research reports such as earnings surprises, which is one of the three factors that trigger bank dividend payout ratios, while also highlighting risks of analytical failures regarding the fundamentals and valuation of securities and securities industries. It reported analytical failings and poor logic in finance research and performance-driven research. It concluded, in response, that the system that drives the financial industry — analytical developments and managerial policies — must respond, leading to enhanced analysis, stronger financial risk management, greater supervision and improved operational risk controls. Sixty-one percent of analysts also claimed there was a “deceptive” risk of manipulation in financial research reports, while 62.5 percent said there was a risk of manipulation in security trading. “Analysts must also do their analysis better to prevent equities or other financial institutions from moving before financial institutions have calculated their expected profits. Even after analysts detect abnormal movements, analytical developments and managerial policies should be able to manage risks to avoid overstretching the financial sector and financial markets,” the report stated. “Many of the current shortcomings could be corrected if changes in analytical developments were included in the growth plans of financial institutions, financial institutions had clearer financial risk management policies and analytic improvement plans, and monitoring focused on consistent application of financial management and analytical frameworks,” the report concluded. The analysis noted that continuous analysis by financial institutions produced information which was usually accurate in some ways, while often misleading in others. “Finance research has benefited from analytical advances but has not developed proper logic, particularly with regard to the fundamental value of securities. In addition, some financial institutions rely heavily on information and analytical outputs from analysts to determine valuation of financial instruments. Analysts do their analytical jobs extremely well but sometimes work from the standpoint of ‘analytics in finance’ rather than analyses in finance.” The institute found that financial institutions often promote analytical advances while neglecting other aspects, such as an analysis of profitability and pricing for financial instruments that can further improve the accuracy of financial research"
"According to the aforementioned Economist article, investment of in affordable housing and renewable energy is on the rise. The financial services company PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that in the next 10 years, the global investment market in is expected to grow by 42%, from US$4.7 trillion to US$7.1 trillion. Investors are now placing much greater weight on renewable energy as a result. The world’s finance elites need an alternative Often viewed as a poverty index, some independent research shows that this index fails to recognise that finance has a tremendous impact on social inequalities, if not the most important source of social inequality. At the same time, finance creates a social and environmental burden."
"The cover story for Financial Analysts Journal (FJA) is Out of Focus: The Rise of the Finance Analyst. Within the articles are interviews of hundreds of finance professionals that include working at the top of finance organizations like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley and leading finance academics. The focus of this issue, however, is the changing role of finance in the global economy. FJA is one of the longest-running business magazines for financial professionals in the United States and is a must-read for anyone who cares about finance, securities and investment. This is an excellent issue of business journalism that brings together the latest research in economics, finance and risk management"
"While active traders might be intrigued by the idea of analyzing the fundamentals of a specific stock in order to predict how that stock will perform, it's also important to know what the company plans to do with its revenues and profits after the research report is written. After the research is completed, an analyst might collect the reports and incorporate some of them into his or her analysis. But you know your goals and values. How about analyzing the company's own fiscal third quarter earnings and turning those results into a stock portfolio and portfolio-building tool for readers to use? We know you will make money if you do. Why Do You Want To Invest? Knowing why you want to invest can help"
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"This is what the top analysts who advise investment companies earn in one year. On average, they earn an extra $87,540 to earn finance-speak. In the meantime, the most successful analyst of all time earned $456.3 million in a single year. Here are the ten most successful investment-industry analysts in the world according to Forbes and Financial Analysts Association (FA) surveys: Carlos Luis Belo – Credit Suisse AG He owns 8.8% of the bank, valued at $4.4 billion. On top of that, he earned an estimated $56.4 million last year, or $3.26 per share. He is thus making one of the most lucrative jobs in finance extremely lucrative. John Nash – Affinity Investment Partners He is the second most successful analyst of all"
"Low bank fees lead to higher profits.” Research shows that financial institutions tend to charge clients who use multiple banks less than those who use a single institution for most of their finances. Low fees and analytics, combined with a dynamic trading platform, allow the financial services industry to earn more. Davina Bunko, personal finance expert, calls this sector “the most lucrative sector for new investors, if they use a buy-and-hold investment strategy” since the interest rates paid by financial institutions tend to be far higher than those paid by banks for savings accounts. On top of this, research suggests that advisors who use interactive tools, access third-party research, and initiate research into investment opportunities, generate higher profits. In addition, advisors who offer personalized advice with analytics earn more than advisors who do not use analytics at all. Retire Early Research also shows that having a sound financial strategy is linked to retiring early. In fact, financial advisors who spend 10 to 20 hours per week preparing for retirement or evaluating clients’ current finances will earn more than advisors who do not. Finance professionals can earn millions of dollars if they follow a thorough financial planning and retirement readiness strategy. In fact, the financial services industry is a highly lucrative sector to earn a salary in. Hire Analysts for Research and Research to Earn Data analytics has become a key component of investor success in the financial services industry. Data analysts are the first point of contact when an investor goes to an advisor. Data analysts will review an investor’s accounts and understand their finances to determine how to earn more. By conducting analytical research on prospective clients and existing customers, financial services professionals can earn extra income. Analytics provides a competitive edge in the financial services industry. By using analytics to analyze a company’s financials, an advisor can learn which financial products they offer and how they earn their profit. Good Advice Makes Money Research shows that financial advisors who give good advice will likely earn more than advisors who do not provide a sound financial strategy. For this reason, investors are willing to pay financial advisors who earn high returns for their advice. You can earn profits through offering a well-designed investment portfolio and by offering a proper financial planning strategy. Most importantly, investors can earn more profits by sticking to an investment strategy and having financial advisors who provide both solid financial advice and analytical tools. Earn More Through Financial Planning Professional financial planning makes it easy for financial advisors to earn a decent salary. Financial planning is a set of specific steps that improve investors’ financial situations. Financial advisors who are knowledgeable in financial planning and provide clients with"