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Machine Learning to the Rescue

01 Nov, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Guest Author, Knowledge Leaders

My previous blog post (“Beware! Estimates Dominate Financial Reports,” October 13, 2018) alerted you the hidden secret of accounting: Most balance sheet and income statement items are based on managerial subjective estimates and projections (like depreciation, asset write-offs, bad debts, expected gain on pension assets, etc.). The...

Beware! Estimates Dominate Financial Reports

18 Oct, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Guest Author, Knowledge Leaders

Estimates Are Hazardous to Your Wealth. Everyone knows that accounting is boring (not when I teach it, though), but, at least, people think it’s factual. No fake news. After all, accounting comes from counting―counting money, units of inventory, etc. All facts. Nothing further from the truth. Except for a...