Mistakes to Avoid When Making Forecasts

Business plans require a sales forecast. Scott Fishman, the CEO of Envisage, sees three common mistakes in business plans (Fishman 2015): • They forecast “hockey stick” revenue growth. • They forecast smoothly rising trend lines. • They lack convincing evidence of...

Forecasting Supply Use

More and more healthcare institutions seek to reduce costs while increasing the quality of care. Accurate forecasts of the use of medical supplies represent an important element of this effort. Overordering supplies drives up costs, and under-ordering supplies also...

Insurance corporate management

P​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​rovide a brief context for an insurance organisation, or a division of an insurance organisation, with which you are familiar. For this insurance organisation or division of an insurance organisation: • Identify the three most significant issues...

The bond market

            Why is the bond market so sensitive to interest rates? What is the mathematics behind this relationship? Do a Google search to find a corporate bond issue where the company has either defaulted on the payments or called back...

Effects of Trade Policies and Tariffs

    Whether you agree or disagree and whether or not they provide helpful information to the following discussion: Some politicians, labor unions, and special interest groups argue that US trade deficits are harmful to the economy and nations that run large...