Sat.May 22, 2021 - Fri.May 28, 2021

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What Your Financial Reports Really Tell You

MazumaBusinessAccounting

Financial reports can be an incredibly helpful tool for small businesses. They can help you determine how much money you can pay yourself each month. Or they can help you decide if it’s time to expand your business. As helpful as financial reports are, they can only help you if you understand how to read them. Luckily, Ben Sutton, Mazuma’s co-founder and CPA, took the time to explain how an income statement and balance sheet work.

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What Is Your “Tee Box” Branding Statement?

Indigo Marketing Agency

Do you have a “tee box” branding statement? Ya know, that one-sentence answer you give when you’re about to tee off at the golf course and someone asks, So, what do you do? So many advisors don’t have an answer to this question—and they stumble over their words when trying to articulate who they are and what they do. But by creating a one-sentence, “tee box” branding statement, you ALWAYS have a short and sweet answer ready to go—one that piques people’s interest, helps you connect with them,

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Animal Spirits: Listener Mailbag

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by NaviPlan by Advicent On today’s show Ben and I answer listener questions on : How to learn about crypto Why it's okay to invest in things you don't understand How to talk about inherited assets What would the market look like without Covid-19? Crypto correlations Stages of saving and investing Active versus passive in international markets, and much more Listen here: Links: Which investments benefit from a weaker dollar?

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U.S. Expat Series: The Top 7 Pitfalls and What You Need to Know

Brown Advisory

U.S. Expat Series: The Top 7 Pitfalls and What You Need to Know jharrison Fri, 05/28/2021 - 06:26 We have worked with U.S. connected clients living in the U.K. for many years and have identified the top 7 pitfalls we see time and time again. Georgina Guy and Billy Mathews walk through these pitfalls and discuss what you can do to avoid them, and what can be done (if possible) to get out of them.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Tobacco and Defense as Inflation Shelters

Fortune Financial

I have long been a proponent of investing in the defense and tobacco industries, which offer investors the unique combination of ‘quality’, typically measured by such things as low debt and low earnings variability, and ‘value’, or undemanding valuations. That this is unique to defense and tobacco can be seen in the scatterplot below, where other high-quality businesses in technology and consumer staples, – both stalwarts of the broad ‘quality’ universe

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The End of an Era

The Irrelevant Investor

My first job out of college was in sales at an insurance company. I've told parts of this story before, but I never shared this aspect of it. On the first day on the job, I was told to write down the names and phone numbers of 50 people that I knew. I didn't have to worry about knowing anything. All I had to do was get in front of them. If they would agree to a meeting, I could bring along a sales manager who would be able to explain everything.

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U.S. Expat Series: The Top 7 Pitfalls and What You Need to Know

Brown Advisory

U.S. Expat Series: The Top 7 Pitfalls and What You Need to Know. jharrison. Fri, 05/28/2021 - 06:26. We have worked with U.S. connected clients living in the U.K. for many years and have identified the top 7 pitfalls we see time and time again. Georgina Guy and Billy Mathews walk through these pitfalls and discuss what you can do to avoid them, and what can be done (if possible) to get out of them.

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Inflation in the U.S. Economy: Risks & Recommendations

Brown Advisory

Inflation in the U.S. Economy: Risks & Recommendations ajackson Tue, 05/25/2021 - 08:12 Our new report, “Inflation in the U.S. Economy: Risks & Recommendations”, by Sid Ahl, Taylor Graff and Tom Graff is now available. In it, we review the inflation risks and opportunities that we are monitoring in today’s markets, and how we are positioning our clients’ balanced portfolios in response.

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Inflation in the U.S. Economy: Risks & Recommendations

Brown Advisory

Inflation in the U.S. Economy: Risks & Recommendations. ajackson. Tue, 05/25/2021 - 08:12. Our new report, “Inflation in the U.S. Economy: Risks & Recommendations”, by Sid Ahl, Taylor Graff and Tom Graff is now available. In it, we review the inflation risks and opportunities that we are monitoring in today’s markets, and how we are positioning our clients’ balanced portfolios in response.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles There are bad things that become bigger problems when you try to eliminate them (By Morgan Housel) Where the advisor had spotted an investing problem, I saw a much more mundane issue: a savings shortfall. (By Christine Benz) Secular growth stocks have been dramatic relative underperformers for the last 11 months. (By Gavin Baker) Scarcity doesn’t matter if no one else wants it.

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Animal Spirits: The Worst Time to Buy a Home

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by YCharts Mention Animal Spirits to receive 20% off when you initially sign up for the service. On today’s show we discuss: Robinhood is democratizing the IPO market No-fee brokerage account for teenagers Black people are getting more involved in the stock market Why the bitcoin crash was a big win for crypto Bitcoin liquidation numbers Secular growth stocks are becoming more attractive Houses are selling so fast The worst time to be a first-time home b