What is a Financial Analyst? 

A financial analyst provides informed financial insight to businesses and individual investors regarding the market and economic trends. They must identify and forecast future risks and trends based on the current and past markets. Their reports offer strategy and guidance that is data-driven, carefully researched, and organized.  A financial analyst typically spends his day doing…

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Financial and Managerial Accounting — Defining the Difference 

The accounting and financial industries are surprisingly diverse. For example, financial and managerial accounting are two different branches within the sector. While there is some overlap in financial and management accounting (both use analytics and techniques such as ratio, vertical, and horizontal analysis), they have different objectives and audiences, affecting their focus and reporting methods. Both are…

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