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by whatok 9y ago
I'd imagine most of the firms ranking here are not reading the reports at all.
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by whatok 9y ago
Anything I've ever wanted (within a certain cost) has always been signed off immediately/practically did not require approval. It's very easy to sell a relatively cheap (compared to some of the other subscriptions sold to he
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by whatok 9y ago
Maybe some people don't care about diversity or care more about getting a decent job in a low cost of living area? I find it insulting that a company needs to "advertise" towards me in that way.
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by whatok 9y ago
No one pays for companies based on a multiple of their "net worth". No one is going to pay 3x of that "net worth" value and if they did, they probably wouldn't have to pay 10% interest in debt. Starting with such
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by whatok 9y ago
So if these companies are "humming along" why are they selling to Bain? If they're doing so great, why doesn't someone outbid Bain?
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by whatok 9y ago
There have been significant changes to the tax advantages corporate debt had with the recent tax changes. Not all of these types of deals make sense in the future.
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by whatok 9y ago
Private equity? Both of the companies are publicly listed in the US.
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by whatok 9y ago
Trump has been insisting that they had no collaboration with Russians; not that Russians did not interfere with the election.
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by whatok 9y ago
If "data scientists" working at Google are considered tech roles then finance quants should be as well, right? I agree that there's a distinction between data engineers and quants but to me they're all tech roles essent
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by whatok 9y ago
Optional weekend activities are (potentially) a tiny percentage of time vs mandated school time. There's really no comparison.
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by whatok 9y ago
So the same places where all of these companies got their groupthink from is supposed to fix the problem?
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by whatok 9y ago
Yeah, 30% of cash flow sounds absolutely ridiculous. Treasury should be happy to scalp a few bps here and there.
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by whatok 9y ago
Given appropriate context, I find it hard to see someone confusing the two.
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A key Tesla engineer who helped design batteries has left the company(cnbc.com)
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by whatok 9y ago
This has details: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160830006294/en/His... At closing, EMC shareholders will receive $24.05 per share in cash in addition to a newly issued tracking stock linked to
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by whatok 9y ago
There are a lot of assumptions in your post and I hope my response clarifies my position. >There are plenty of people out there teaching us about feminism. Trolling Twitter to find straw men to burn is not constructive. It's not eve
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by whatok 9y ago
I don't understand. If I read something that says "kill all men" and I am not aware of the context attached to it, how am I supposed to make the leap to Google "misogyny in america"? Edit: To respond to your edit,
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by whatok 9y ago
If someone doesn't have a decoder book handy to make these translations, how are they supposed to react? How are you supposed to have an actual discussion and change minds if things phrased in such a hostile manner from the start?
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Tesla employees say to expect more Model 3 delays, citing inexperienced workers(cnbc.com)
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Launches API Gateway(newsroom.bankofamerica.com)
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by whatok 9y ago
I only gave this a quick look but what's the problem with this? They're wildly optimistic projections but there's doesn't seem to be any funny math going on. That said, if they're sending out something like this w
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by whatok 9y ago
I wouldn't even worry about regulators in that case. What financial institution is going to rely on a product that your competitor has control over?
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by whatok 9y ago
He was originally hired as CFO and only recently became COO.
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by whatok 9y ago
fixed. copied from the bbg article, didn't even notice.
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Twitter's COO Noto Resigns to Become Chief Executive at SoFi(bloomberg.com)
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by whatok 9y ago
All three of those examples have been canceled.
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by whatok 9y ago
I've never seen a years recouped metric in reference to P/E used in a professional context ever. You don't see it because you're holding everything static. This makes no sense (particularly in the case of growth stocks)
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by whatok 9y ago
CBOE margin requirements are nowhere near that. 40-44% depending on what kind of client as of 01-17-18. http://cfe.cboe.com/margins/cfe-margins
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by whatok 9y ago
There's barely any volume in futures right now.
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by whatok 9y ago
I'm pretty sure it takes more than three minutes of work to compose, record, mix, and master a song.

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