Chief Financial officers have to juggle
CFOs are trying to juggle 3 competing demands for resources and their time:
- Optimal capital structure
- Investor returns
- Investment in the business
With the increase in interest rates, I thought this would be a mighty problem for US corporations, but by and large, it’s not. Dividends are up. Buybacks are up. Capex and R&D are down
One PPT a day
For consultants, it’s good practice to make slides. Practice simplifying the key points of an article or report into a one-pager that your client could understand simply.
I read this article in the Economist, and this is the slide I created.
How to Manage a Balance Sheet in Troubled Times, Economist, July 2022
One PPT a day
This idea comes from McKinsey Way (affiliate link) as a way to continually honing your thinking, writing, and crafting skills. If you read this article and create your own one pager, send it to me. Happy to give your feedback.