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Why Bookkeeping is Important and Essential

MazumaBusinessAccounting

Did you know that poor bookkeeping, or lack thereof, is one of the top reasons small businesses fail? It may not sound like the most exciting thing, especially if you don’t consider yourself a “math person”, but let’s face the facts, bookkeeping is essential for the success of any small business. Here at Mazuma, we believe that each small business has the potential to succeed with the right tools, mindset, and organization.

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Change My Mind

The Irrelevant Investor

A listener asked Ben and I about owning just the best performing stocks About mid-late 2019 I said f*ck it and put most of my portfolio into Facebook, Apple and Microsoft and I’ve done really well. Why shouldn’t I put every penny I have into these stocks (and Amazon, Netflix and Google) and just wait for some other businesses to to even get close to them?

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The Results Are In: What Are Our Clients Saying About Indigo Marketing?

Indigo Marketing Agency

At Indigo Marketing Agency, we’re always looking for ways to better serve financial advisors. One way we do this is through an annual client survey. . On May 31, we sent out an email to our current clients asking them to fill out a 5-minute survey online. All the questions were open-ended to encourage advisors to give us feedback in their own words.

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Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q2 2020

Brown Advisory

Global Leaders Investment Letter - Q2 2020. ajackson. Tue, 06/30/2020 - 09:50. Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter - Q2 2020. In this letter the Portfolio Managers discuss experiencing FOJI (the Fear of Joining In) in the current COVID crisis. They also comment on the team’s recent annual offsite. . . Download the Letter. . . Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance and you may not get back the amount invested.

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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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How To Write-Off Your Summer Vacation

MazumaBusinessAccounting

Although COVID-19 has prevented some of us from traveling, some are still planning on that fun summer vacation. One of the perks of being a small business owner is that you can deduct some of those expenses from your summer vacation. You just need to know your motives before you go! To begin, let’s change the name of your “Summer Vacation” to a “Business Trip” Your goal shouldn’t be to “write off my vacation” but “how do I add some vacatio

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles Zero rates aren’t a new normal; they’re just normal in Japan ( By Nick Schmitz and Greg Obenshain ) Don’t do something you love. Do something other people will love you for doing ( By Cullen Roche ) Conflating luck and talent is dangerous (By Scott Galloway ) Some advantages create new disadvantages ( By Morgan Housel ) The ice is probably going to melt, but we’re still going to have drinks (By Drew Dickson) The first half of 2020 should remind us that investing isn't about conquering m

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SEI Named a Great Place to Work®

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Chimp-Throwing Darts: Problems with Expert’s Future Predictions

Risk Management Guru

I am always in search of free online resources regarding diverse outlooks on risk. Recently I stumbled upon a great source of risk related concepts after listening to an episode of The Knowledge Project podcast which featured a guest, I was unfamiliar with. This guest, some sort of investment expert, started catching my attention with his superb outlook on economic systems and the decision-making processes associated with them.

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Why Would Anyone Invest Right now?

The Irrelevant Investor

On this edition of What Are Your Thoughts? Josh and I spoke about Is there a such thing as learning too much from economic history? The flight to the suburbs is real and probably not going to end anytime soon. What to make of lululemon's $500 million acquisition of home workout company Mirror. Small cap value historically leads the market coming out of a recession - will this time differ from the last 50 years?

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Animal Spirits: Existential Hurricane

The Irrelevant Investor

On today’s show we discuss: How cutting off the $600 relief checks could cause another recession Restaurants are closing Ben's take on double dip recessions The fed bans giant banks from buybacks and raising dividends New York office real estate is in trouble Berkshire Hathaway has fallen on tough times Now show Japan How COVID-19 is changing the future of travel The history of TIPS Listen here: Recommendations The Great Inflation and its Aftermath A Piece of the Action The Vast of Night The bes

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Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close

Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles What a company does well is not necessarily what it gets paid for ( By Byrne Hobart ) Almost 60% of the Small Value Index’s companies operate cyclical businesses (By John Rekenthaler) People can’t unlearn what they’ve learned is possible ( By Morgan Housel ) The S&P 500 Index is not a representation of your local economy. It never was (By Blair duQuesnay) There’s something to hate in here for everyone ( By Josh Brown ) Podcasts The people who get the best coaches aren't the ones who

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The Nominal Robber

The Irrelevant Investor

Inflation is a silent killer to investor's portfolios. Thankfully, it's been dormant for the last few decades, leaving nominal returns mostly intact. However, people are starting to look over their shoulder now, and wondering if the nominal robber will rear its ugly head, thanks to all the money that the fed and treasury are pumping into the system.