Myth # 1: You need to be a mathematics genius It’s a common misconception that you need to be a mathematics genius to be in corporate finance. Provided you understand simple arithmetic, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, averages, rations and percentages you have the essential components to interpret financial information. More important Read more…
Ok, so that’s a loaded statement and I am sure many of you will throw your hands in the air and say “that’s completely preposterous” but now that I have your attention let’s explore what I mean by the financial accounting function never being strategic. Financial Accounting at its most Read more…
News comes across the wires that the once formidable relationship of the McDonald’s ‘french’ fry and Heinz Tomato Ketchup is rapidly being reconsidered pursuant to Berkshire Hathaway’s appointment of Bernardo Hees to run the Heinz operation. McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc apparently believed in a philosophy that Mickey D calls the Read more…