So you’re thinking about getting the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, a qualification that is sometimes viewed as one of the world’s toughest tests. Before you dive in, here are some interesting facts to...
It looks like “transitory retirement” has come to replace the idea of “transitory inflation“. For months, the Federal Reserve Bank in the US told us that the sharp pick-up in prices was a transitory...
Everyone’s talking about the “Great Resignation”, which is another unintended consequence of the pandemic. Millions are leaving their jobs. So many reasons have been touted: because of health concerns, a re-evaluation of life priorities,...
Don’t get sucked in by the mission statement. Ignore the free lunches, the happy hour drinks, the fruit made available every Monday morning. The “shared vision” nonsense. Your employer is your employer. Your employer...
Let’s start with a definition for a single point of failure. In the words of Wikipedia, this is “a part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working....
Stress is part of everyday life. It’s not something that your average finance professional can avoid. And it’s certainly not something you can avoid if you are the ambitious type. But how you deal...
Accepting procrastination doesn’t come easy for most of us. The thing is, there are always things we need to sort out. Very often they are important. Big impact things, if you will. Health stuff....
Job hunting is challenging enough as it is. But imagine new graduates looking for entry level finance jobs in this current crazy environment. It’s not as if we entered 2020 during a boom era...
Most of us have had a fair bit of time to think about the coronavirus. After all, it’s pretty much upended our way of life. The way “things are supposed to be” won’t “be”...
COVID-19 has changed our world. Yes, that’s a statement of the obvious. But the speed at which it has upended whole industries has taken everyone by surprise. Jobs will be lost that may never...
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