"Since I mentioned my goal to read 120 books this year, I’ve picked up a lot of good titles from the library and online. It is an incredible amount of pleasure to read something that truly matters to me. The lessons from these books might be useful to my business one day, but the bottom line is I cannot turn my attention to them right now. Besides, I have plenty to focus on, right? Well, maybe, but not right now. Now is the time to turn my attention to finance and its ramifications for businesses. With all the mega mergers happening in the US and around the globe, analytics and finance are at the core of almost all this activity. What is finance? The dictionary defines finance as the study of the financial operations of a corporation or"

"U.S. lender JPMorgan Chase has overtaken Bank of America as the nation’s biggest bank by assets for the first time since JPMorgan became a publicly traded company in mid-2011, according to data released by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. In what has been a closely watched game of rivals’ acrimony, JPMorgan had $2.247 trillion in assets at the end of September, compared with $2.236 trillion at Bank of America. The figures put JPMorgan ahead of Bank of America by about $2.6 billion. JPMorgan held onto its top position despite shedding $28 billion in assets from its balance sheet since the end of 2012. Bank of America, on the other hand, has cut more than $50 billion in assets over the last three years by shrinking its mortgage unit and its auto"

"Authored by David Hendricks Research Design We analyzed non-target financial research reports released to a panel of Seeking Alpha contributors between August 1, 2016 and May 1, 2017 and randomly selected 200-500 words within the reports. Non-target reports are typically financial analyses for firms and institutions that do not disclose short-term financial details, such as return-on-equity. Although these reports may offer general advice, return-on-equity and other key metrics (e.g. loss margins) are not disclosed. N.B. We would like to thank the research participants who took the time to participate in this research study. We do not recommend investment in any securities traded on any exchange, including short positions, that would"

"Wealth equals you’re earning profits.” If you aren’t thinking about how much you’re earning, you’re really working on the wrong thing. By consistently making money on everything you sell or write about and earning a great return on your cash, you’ll be well on your way to becoming a billionaire in the next decade or so. You need to find the best places to earn a decent income. 2. “I need to put my marketing skills to the test.” If you’re already an established expert, spend less time marketing and more time making money. Marketing is an integral part of marketing, but it shouldn’t be your entire marketing program. The combination of marketing skills and financial knowledge is what makes you successful at earning a lot of money. That combination makes you money-making machine. You need to have a clear vision of where you want to go. 3. “I have to make money quick, so I can live off the profits.” You don’t need to take on more financial risks than you can handle. You can earn a modest income for decades, and with just a little preparation you can help fund your family for life. How much can you save? In seven years, put away enough money to fund your retirement for 10 years. That’s 4 million dollars – 4 million plus 4 million in interest. If you make that your goal, you’ll be in your retirement home earning interest by the time you’re 60 – 20 years from now. You have to save at a level that allows you to sustain your lifestyle. Save 20% to 30% of your earnings and never lose money. 4. “Financial planners are going to make me a millionaire.” If you want to save your money, spend it on things that make you happy, and earn a decent return on your money, the best financial advisers don’t even know your name. I could spend my day trying to get people to understand my brand and financial ideas and earning a nice living and making a decent amount of money. I wouldn’t even have time to write another book. Do you have financial advisers? Or do you have"

"Listen to Alex’s audio report Some of the best financial advice from a financial expert is free. Closer to home for Niagara, Rick Bergman, the founder of finance and technology website BankRate.com, will appear at Niagara College at 3 p.m. on April 28 to offer tips to aspiring investors. Bergman, who has built his business from an income from his bachelor of science degree in economics at Princeton University and master’s in finance and business administration at the University of Ottawa, has become a Canadian finance industry legend by producing online analyses that break down financial statistics and offer valuable information to individuals and investors. “I’m getting a bigger share of the market because I can provide analysis to investors"

"Spot on. Hedge funds and finance have been the dominant dominating way to earn a high margin, high income (even including investments) in today’s economy. Thus, traders and financiers deserve their high pay despite the reality that they create little actual wealth as compared to the pure investment houses. The result of the research report is that securities lending will play a key role in wealth creation for individual investors as well as hedge funds and finance companies. Think of securities lending as making the ordinary investors who participate in securities lending own a piece of a hedge fund. Further, the research provides insights for how to both earn more by lending and gain more by making equity loans. This will be a major"

"Of the original 3 million total advertisers on Facebook, the average ad costs approximately $100, on the low end, and 2-3% of the marketing budget, on the high end. That means a marketing department, depending on its size, can spend upwards of $1 million on Facebook ads. The math to show this number, using a Facebook ad analysis tool like Facebook Analytic: Start by identifying the users of the analytics tools (employees, celebrities, and the thousands of people posting on Facebook at all times), find the demographic data, and then multiply that out for a percentage of their marketing budget. Then break down the success ratio for those ads, and then divide that out for the cost. Then multiply that out for your own budget size. You will"

"Earlier, we looked at the eight professional categories in our jobs database: analysts, lawyers, accountants, technicians, sales managers, clinicians, executives, management, and financial analysts. Now, let’s look at all eight categories individually. Analysts Analysts (in jobs title and job category) earn a whopping median salary of $95,256 per year. In a break from the field of analytical jobs, accountants and finance managers earn slightly less than doctors and scientists, $97,280 and $92,890 per year, respectively. Among all jobs, financial analysts earn more than twice the salary of their respective base job categories (similar to doctors and nurses) – an amazing feat. The specialty field of finance analysts is somewhat differentiated between analytics and research, and they appear to earn more than financial analysts in research jobs (a field that doesn’t even exist in our jobs database). For example, in analytic jobs, real estate agents earn only $46,975 annually, whereas real estate analysts earn only $76,170, a 43% difference. It’s clear that the finance analysts earn a substantial portion of their income in terms of financial earnings, whereas analysts tend to make a considerable amount of money in terms of their earnings on financial instruments. Accountants and finance managers Financial accountants and finance managers earn a median income of $113,106 per year. And while they earn slightly less than financial analysts, accountants and finance managers earn more than their base job categories. Compared with professionals in sales managers and clinical professionals, accountants and finance managers earn a significantly higher salary – a median of $66,056 per year, compared to $53,485 and $66,062 per year, respectively. In terms of their incomes, the average salary of accountants and finance managers is far ahead of clinical professionals (with a median income of $50,959 and $46,177 respectively), and almost as much as physicians ("

"I like research, as long as it doesn’t bother me. If it does, then it shouldn’t be in my analytical program. I like research when I get it for me and not for another researcher. I like to know why the consumer does something, not for them to say, “OK, this is why.” This is how I think I can make finance better. Financial companies are struggling with this because they don’t know how to set out to earn more profit. They are not trying to put the numbers out there to earn more profit for themselves. When they are trying to earn more profit, they try to offer services that they don’t need. I know they will say that they need to earn more profit because they can’t afford to do more research. But research is still needed because they are trying to sell analytical services for a profit. They are trying to earn more profit, but they are also trying to make their company more profitable. This all goes back to the book “The Customer is the Answer.” The first question they are trying to answer is what is it they are going to do to get more profit from their financial services. The next question is going to be what is it going to cost? Research is about cost; it is not an easy process. Analytic research helps you to become a better risk manager. Research is about profit. The finance industry doesn’t really take the time to create more profit for themselves, so they don’t really care about developing analytical research. The same thing with research. I would never take a research position because I don’t see the value in financial analysis. I started in finance when I had to earn money so that I could do research. The finance industry didn’t want me to earn more money, but they still needed me to do research. I wanted to earn more money, so I became a research analyst. I worked in different industries and went to different schools. I had to earn money so that I could go to school and earn more money. I made more money in finance than I did in the other fields."

"Recommitting to a course of action is a long process. That may be especially true when you’re a finance professional whose main business is in studying and implementing financial strategies to earn more money for clients and earn more from finance itself. The good news is that there are ways to track your performance and adjust your course to ensure your career goes where you want it to go. There are analytic tools available that can help you earn more and reduce costs, as well as marketing and strategy strategies to earn more as a finance professional. The goal is to achieve both profit and wisdom—specifically, earn a measure of wisdom, such as earning higher fees, improving your client relationships, and expanding your research capabilities. What"

"Goldman Sachs’ Trusted Analyst Rankings Provide Insight Goldman Sachs now employs more people with business analytics expertise than any other firm. After reporting a 23% increase in financial analytics revenues in 2015 and a 75% increase in 2016, Goldman doubled down on the research it needs to deliver in future. The research shows how these new analytical strategies are shaping Goldman’s investment research. Perhaps more importantly, however, Goldman is betting that the best business analytic practices are shared globally. The firm is leading the charge on analytics in finance by bringing the expertise to a broader range of clients. Research looks promising Goldman has rolled out its Strategic Research Analytics (SCRA) practice to a range of"

"Trim’s IT system is one of the best designed in the industry, allowing access to real-time market, product and service information and insights. Data analytics in financial services in particular requires a deep understanding of markets, industry trends and key events. Leveraging this asset allows Trim to generate financial insights and present them to analysts and traders alike. Today financial traders can look at huge volumes of price information, enabling them to know the markets better than ever before. Online financial information services have replaced traditional media as the go-to news source, allowing traders and analysts to analyze trading data from events like Brexit and emerging currency concerns, at a fraction of the cost. Coupled with"

"Data Points from the Survey Last year, 94 percent of the participants said they intended to pursue a professional degree, whether earning a bachelor's degree or a master's degree. But just 25 percent reported doing so. A slight increase of 1 percent over the past year, meanwhile, brought the total number of participants reporting their current professional pursuits to 87 percent, the highest figure yet. The biggest gainer in that direction was finance, while the biggest drop was in educational research. Sixteen percent of respondents said they had earned a bachelor's degree or a master's degree in finance, which increased from 14 percent in the survey from last year. Also, 10 percent reported having earned a master's in education. That"

"In 2014, Bank of America got a $660 million financial bailout in the midst of the financial crisis when a commercial real estate investment trust, Residential Capital, fell into financial distress. And now, analysts at Morningstar say the bank is worth about three times as much as the bailout, or about $1.8 billion. The investment firm said the market is not appreciating Bank of America because investors are expecting it to earn even more than before the financial crisis, and to earn it with little to no market volatility. Bank of America earned more than $16 billion in profits in 2014, putting it at the top of the banking sector and earning it the nickname "financial terror group." And now, analysts at Morningstar say the investment bank is under"

"Udacity founder Sebastian Thrun has said that the training academy “is the most promising business startup in a decade” and is worth 10 times the sum it invested since it was founded five years ago. The entrepreneur spoke to The Financial Times ahead of the arrival of the new new finance class of finance graduates and practitioners on April 29. Udacity is making education more affordable by linking up with companies that pay for graduates to pass courses and graduate as “freemades”. Freemades are graduates who have passed Udacity’s seven-month-long courses and are employed as analysts, traders or analysts or research professionals at banks. A spokesperson for Udacity said: “The average pay across the finance workforce is approximately $"