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Capstone’s Abigail Iaconis Earns MMP Certification

Successful Acquisitions

The program covers the topic areas of: financial markets overview, financial statement analysis, financial projections, comprehensive valuation analysis, financial modeling, merger modeling, the M&A process, and regulatory/ethical/legal considerations.

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What Is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

Peak Frameworks

company creates a product with raw materials costing $10, adds more value in design and manufacturing, costing another $40, the value added to GDP is $50. It influences investment decisions, informs economic forecasting, and impacts financial markets. For instance, if a U.S.

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What are the 4 Factors of Production? Land, Labor, Capital, and Entrepreneurship

Peak Frameworks

By utilizing land (launch sites), labor (engineers and scientists), and capital (funding), SpaceX has revolutionized the landscape of aerospace manufacturing and space transportation. Entrepreneurs like Musk, by fostering innovation and driving job creation, wield substantial influence over financial markets and economic growth.

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Elevating Expertise: Senior Advisor Spotlight, Bob Bicksler

Focus Investment Banking

It’s important to remember that even though you’re dealing with financial markets and financial transactions, this is a really personal business. Smaller companies really have to fight to compete in this space. When advising business owners on the sale of their company, how important are personal issues?

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Hard Landing

Wall Street Mojo

It can cause turbulence in financial markets. That said, currency markets stabilized, and trade volumes recovered. It is vital to note that if a hard landing occurs in China, it would have a significant impact on manufacturers. As a result, China did not experience this scenario. Can we avoid a hard landing?

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2022 Fourth Quarter Review & Commentary

FineMark

Hyman Minsky, American Economist (1919-1996) Hyman Minsky proposed theories linking market fragility and the normal economic cycle with speculative bubbles innate to financial markets. The more stable things become and the longer things are stable, the more unstable they will be when the crisis hits.”

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Global Franchise & Supply Network - 2025 Report

JD Supra: Mergers

While 2024 saw more stability in the financial markets than 2023, many challenges arose in 2024 for franchised businesses, manufacturers and retail chains, including bankruptcies of many large restaurant and retail chains, leadership changes, increases in food costs, labor shortages, regulatory changes, disparate buying-power among customers and shifting (..)

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