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We are in the age of constant learning and unlearning, but it sure is hard to keep up. Lately, I’ve been trying to learn Python (for data science and AI purposes – just to understand those fields), learn ChatGPT/Bing AI, and learn the new Microsoft stuff that is exploding out of that company. It is…
So, for the last decade I’ve been thinking and worrying about automation wiping through finance and eliminating jobs; thus, I’ve been trying to figure out an alternative approach to finance or some other type of job I could slide into using my skills. Well, it looks like Armageddon is practically on our doorsteps. Here’s a…
Okay, I wasn’t prepared for this quick development. Yesterday (Sunday), a second bank failed but I have no idea what precipitated the failure although I can imagine it was a bank run, probably driven by panic. There’s a lot of talk on LinkedIn in the finance groups about this turn of events. Of course, as…
Hmmm, I don’t deny that reading about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank hasn’t got me concerned. Reading that this is the second largest bank failure in US history is not a joy to read, with 2008 Lehman Brothers failure still rattling around my brain. The memory isn’t fresh, but it is exactly dim either….
A friend of mine was curious about whether ChatGPT could do budgets. By the time she asked me, I had done some minimal experimentation with ChatGPT and Excel, but I hadn’t done budgeting or forecasting. I was kind of wondering how I would even approach ChatGPT. So, we embarked on an experiment. She sent me…
Sometimes it is good to assess whether displays of leadership from CEOs or other C suite managers, not necessarily financial managers, lead to good financial results. Strategies, negotiations, treatment of employees and even how one conducts oneself could have impact on the financial bottom line. Such study is not to make fun of them but…