The subject of organisational conduct is very topical. Time was, that organisations, managers and society turned a blind eye, did not see the impacts, and did not consider the consequences of misconduct. That is no longer the case. Bad conduct within an organisation can have serious consequences for the individual, management and shareholders.
Excel is a fabulous programme. You can easily use it just as a calculator and scratchpad, but it is also a fabulously intuitive programming language, that is dramatically easier to use (trust me on this) than languages like C sharp and python. For automating the office tasks it’s designed for, it is brilliant (have
Adventures in biotech 3 - Arix, the next twist in the saga… I’ve written before about what has been an experiment for me in patient capital investing. and my conclusion at the end was to maintain my investment in Arix Bioscience. i.e., Be Patient! Like all investment cases, there were question marks,
What’s next… When we left off before my judgement seemed to have paid off at great speed! But this just left me with a dilemma, should I cut and run or stay in? To try and get some perspective I had a look at Arix’ portfolio in detail and took a couple of mainstream Biotech
Business Money Feature: Virtual Finance Training is key to planning your way out of Covid Do not cut quality and interaction Any employer looking to use online financial learning methods should be sure to maintain the quality of training, which means it must involve tailored participation from a hands-on, human trainer. Quality
We’ve blogged already about looking inside funds and having looked at some mainstream funds like Fundsmith and Tech funds, I thought I’d look at some biotech funds. I must confess a personal interest in this, I‘m an investor in Arix Bioscience (ARIX) and am wondering what to do next: I first invested in Arix
Last month, we blogged about the importance of avoiding cognitive biases in investment decisions. Such biases can also be dangerous in business leadership and are often a cause of corporate failures. Mistakes such as herding and confirmation bias are just as prevalent among company directors as they are among investors. One of the most important
I recently read a 1985 copy of ‘Iacocca: an autobiography’ and was surprised to find many crucial and timely lessons for today’s budding business leaders and managers. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Lee Iacocca was president of Ford until 1978, then became CEO of the struggling Chrysler, making him the only person to lead
Extreme market volatility is underlining the importance to investors of staying disciplined and avoiding damaging emotional mistakes. Stock markets have experienced unprecedented swings this year, with share prices pinging up and down like a pinball in reaction to good and bad news around the Covid-19 pandemic, US elections, and energy market developments. Despite optimistic stories
New Excel tools help investors see true value of funds Spreadsheet data extraction enables better fund holdings analysis – what you find might surprise you. When you buy an investment fund, do you know exactly what you are buying and whether it is cheap or expensive? It is seductive to see a graph of good
