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Financial modeling: Modeling time

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:48:24 +0000

Modeling time in excel is quite advanced. The list of features includes

time
day
hour
minute
second
now

You can add or subtract dates, find the number of working days etc. These are however standard commands. It does take some ingenuity to figure out how you can mix and match these to get the output you need when modeling.

How can I figure out the number of weekdays between two days in a year?

Recently, we encountered a challenging modeling issue. Output was in seconds and in the time format. Comparing performances and graphing was difficulty. To work around this we converted all the time into seconds using the hour, minute and second feature and then did the analysis using seconds to measure all data points. This simple solutions worked beautifully!

Learn financial modeling techniques with us. Our financial modeling tutors are MBAs or CPAs and can help you understand the process of laying out your financial model step by step and help you learn how to build a financial model from scratch. If you are writing a business plan or an idea you are evaluating, understand the financial implications by building an spreadsheet model.

Financial risk: Tutoring still needed!?

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:47:57 +0000

Have we learnt our lessons from the economic crisis? Or do we still need more financial risk tutoring? What can MBA programs do to promote an understanding of financial risk in MBA students who will lead in the future ?

The economic crisis over the last two years has seen plenty of paper, ink and blog space being used to point fingers at almost everyone! Governments, political parties, organizations ( both private and public), individuals, leaders, society, habits, et al have been accused of contributing to the crisis. Economist.com has an interesting take on financial risk. In a special report on financial risk Matthew Valencia talk about various views. Read it in detail.

Much has been written and talked about. Have we learnt our lessons? Or do we still need more financial risk tutoring? I believe we still need more financial risk tutoring. Creative financial accounting, fancy economic models and financial modeling, etc are not the solution. Business schools must make financial risk management an integral part of their MBA programs.

MBAs & the Economics of Cows

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:15:11 +0000

We truly believe that MBA programs (good ones) are worth every dollar you spend on them and are easily one of the best masters’ programs out there (for most people). One of the reasons is that an MBA program is very versatile. If you list out all the sectors or functions that students join after their MBA, you will probably list out everything under the sun. An MBA adds value in almost all industries, sectors and roles.

Here is additional evidence why we believe that an MBA is a versatile program. An Economist article on the economics of cows mentions that Dr Galligan, got an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania after originally studying veterinary sciences. He is now teaching veterinary economics. He has also spent time helping Amish farmers in the past! How much more interesting can life get!?

Here is the kicker! Whichever industry or function you are in one of our MBA tutors can tutor you on a subject that is of interest to you! The range of concepts we tutor students in is so wide that between our pool of MBA tutors (finance tutors, economics tutors, statistics tutors, accounting tutors and financial modeling tutor) we will have something that is of interest to you! It may be understanding the economics of a cow, calculating the net present value of an asset, figuring out the return on investment of a new project, building a business plan or a financial model for a business plan, or figuring out the marketing strategy for a new market but one of our MBA tutors can help you learn something interesting. Challenge us on this. Give us a call.