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Business Sale: Prepare to Show Your Financials

IBG

Recasting Your Financials From the buyer’s point of view, your business’s market value is greatly influenced by their profit expectations under their ownership. The emphasis here is on profit “add-backs” – i.e., discretionary or peculiar expenditures that can be added back to the profits of the business.

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2022 Fourth Quarter Review & Commentary

FineMark

These periods are now known as “Minsky Moments.” 2022: One for the Record Books These days, words such as “unprecedented” or “extraordinary” seem overused in our daily vernacular, however, they do feel appropriate when describing 2022. As a result, this normally stabilizing counterbalance, instead contributed to additional portfolio losses.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Commodity trading and investing are appealing for many of the same reasons global macro strategies are appealing: inflation protection, diversification, and potentially higher returns when financial assets perform poorly. The downside is that it takes a long time to get your own book, which creates a lot of market/cyclical risk.

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