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The real estate industry, in particular, the commercial real estate industry, is incredibly competitive. In fact, according to The Association of Real Estate License Law Officials (ARELLO), there are approximately 3 million active real estate licensees in the United States. With all the competition in the real estate industry, commercial real estate professionals should obtain…
Comparing FP&A certifications and courses can quickly become confusing. Different programs focus on formal credentials and exams, while others emphasize hands-on modeling, forecasting, business partnering, or executive-level finance skills. The options span university certificates, professional designations, self-paced programs, and marketplace courses, making comparisons even more complex. You are in the right place to get clarity…
A finance professional conducts numerous long and tedious tasks each day. Some of these tasks include collecting and analyzing large amounts of financial data to conduct budgets, forecast business decisions, and manage bookkeeping. This is on top of the work that a finance professional must do to consult with either internal or external clients. With…
If your Excel skills feel like the weakest part of your finance toolkit, you’re not alone. Many aspiring and working finance professionals can navigate a spreadsheet but struggle when it comes to functions, modeling, automation, and overall productivity. Excel is the core tool across FP&A, investment banking, corporate finance, and accounting, and employers expect fluency…
It’s easy to look at the finance industry from the outside – investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms, and the like – and see people with shiny degrees from prestigious universities everywhere you look. You might imagine that you need to be a prodigy, or at the very least to have an Ivy League…
Duplicate Values in Excel Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used data analysis tools in the world. Because of this, Excel is often used with ERP systems or general ledgers to analyze various data sets. However, it’s sometimes possible for data to become duplicated. Duplicate data is almost always a mistake, which can…
Do you have an educational background in mathematics or computer science? Are you looking for an innovative career that pays well? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you should consider becoming a quantitative trader. What is a Quantitative Trader? A quantitative trader, otherwise known as a quant, is an individual who uses…
What is Percentage Change? As part of any financial analysis, practitioners will normally calculate the change in various metrics. There are two types of change calculations: 1) absolute, or 2) relative (i.e., percentage). An example of an absolute change is the following: a company earned $14 million in revenue this year and $10 million in…
