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Who Creates Jobs? As many countries around the world struggle to recover their economies in the midst of a pandemic, it is a good time to ask the question, “Where do jobs come from?” Or, asked in a different way, “Who creates jobs?” As is often the case, the answer depends on who you ask.…

The CMA Part 2 Textbook has been updated, and the new files are available for current students to download in My Studies. This book reflects HOCK’s ongoing commitment to providing the most complete and understandable materials and is not due to a change in the syllabus. Students who are taking the exams in January-February 2021…

A week ago, I wrote about how a small regular investment grows over time with compounding interest. A reader recently sent me an illustrative story about compounding that I want to share. Once upon a time, there was a king who collected almost the entire rice crop harvested by his subjects as tax, promising to…

It is only about two weeks into 2021 and I expect that many New Year’s resolutions have already been forgotten and abandoned. Whether it was to lose weight, study more, or quit smoking, many of us have probably already given up on our resolutions. Perhaps we’ve told ourselves that we will stick to them longer…

Reading for Experience To be a leader in a company or any organization, you will most certainly need to have both knowledge and experience. If you have knowledge but no experience, you are not going to be able to apply your knowledge to a specific situation because you will lack the experience that shows you…

Properly Diversified Investment Portfolio Any investment adviser will tell you that an investment portfolio needs to be properly diversified. This will help to ensure that your entire portfolio will not go down at the same time. With a diversified portfolio, when one investment is down, other investments will be up, and vice versa. By making…