Weekend Jan 25, 2015 Yes we attended American Sniper this weekend. I have had good deal to say about Clint  Eastwood's film directing in previous posts.  He is managerial accounting at its best.  He always come in    on budget on time and makes money Universal / Warner Brothers loves him for that. More later The Strategy…

Thursday Jan 22 2015 The layoffs re underway with the largest energy service firms taking the lead. Next up wil be impairment write downs. Assets which do not meet cashflow expectations wil be written down. We study this in intermediate accounting, here is that requirement in action. 

Tuesday Jan 20 2015 Here is the link to the Gleim How to Study Accounting tutorial.

Tuesday Jan 20 2015 I am re printing this from Hill and Ford, CPAs. Notice that as I have emphasized, one of her CPAs has just carnered a CFF designation. Weapon in the War on Employee Fraud   Two articles by Jo Craven McGinty in December issues of the Wall Street Journal describe one of…

Wed Dec 31 2014 Ten Brands Not Likely to Survive  RSH and SHLD were both on the list last year, can they eke out another year?  

Wed Dec 10 2014   A truly amazing video, the amazing part is that this works and the guys survived.

Monday Dec 8 2014 https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-T7zyezBkuY?rel=0   I hvea no idea how many takes it took to record these shots but well worth it, enjoy!

Thursday Dec 4 2014 Sears SHLD  losing half a billion dollars and closing more stores. So how do you mae more money by closing stores, you don't. I would say, why wasste time, call the auctioneers.  

Tuesday Nov 18 2014 It is possible for participants at home who are on line with adobe connect to have both their video and audio as part of the classroom experience. One only needs to purchase a pair of logitech headphones. http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-ClearChat-Comfort-Headset-Black/dp/B000UXZQ42/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416351987&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=logitech+ml+409+headphone These have a USB plug and a built in microphone. This would allow…

Tuesday Nov 18, 2014   If you don't know Jim Rogers this would be a good time to meet him.     Read up on Jim,  fascinating story. He was raised in Alabama, went to Yale, became a Rhodes Scholar, traded the markets with Soros in the Quantum Fund, married late in life and has two…