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SoftwareOne Powers the Future of Finance and Excel Esports with FMWC Sponsorship SoftwareOne, a leading technology services provider, has announced a strategic sponsorship deal with the Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC). This collaboration will not only fuel the growth of the financial modeling community but also bring about an exciting new era in the world of Excel Esports. The FMWC has been making waves in the financial modeling and Excel gaming community with its thrilling competitions, such as the Financial Modeling World Cup, Microsoft Excel World Championship, Microsoft Excel Colleg ..read more

A Helpful Add-On for Your Modeling Productivity (and Stage 6 of FMWC Regular Competition) Stage #6 Stage #6 of the Financial Modeling World Cup will present a very interesting Case #3 (the one that typically gives the most points) developed by Harry Gross, our current leader in the U-25 rankings. The case is named “Layton’s Lender” and will show the participants best practices in scenario analysis and project finance modeling. Instead of building a model from scratch, this time, you will be given a very high quality pre-created model. Your goal will be to introduce different scenarios into i ..read more

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In order to be fast in Excel, it is important to know your way around it and shortcuts are a big help in that. We have collected some of the Excel shortcuts for navigation, formatting, viewing and working. What other shortcuts do you know and use often? We are interested to know – share yours in the comments! Navigation Select an entire column Select an entire row Extend the cell selection to the side Select all cells from the current cell down/ up/to the right or left Jump to the last cell in the  current column/row Formatting Apply date formatting Place borders aro ..read more

What is Beta? Beta is a risk management tool, widely used in financial modeling. It demonstrates the volatility (riskiness) of an asset or a portfolio in correlation to the market. In reality, most professionals use some benchmark index, for example, S&P 500. Formula The “textbook” formula for beta is: Interpretation It is assumed that the market has a beta of 1. If beta of a security is >1, the security is more volatile (more risky) than the market, however, in case it is <1, the stock is less volatile (less risky). Betas are useful for calculating yields and returns for secur ..read more

Although a simple measure, financial ratios aid in tracking a company’s performance, comparing its performance with historical one and that of competitors. Financial analysts, creditors, management team, employees and regulatory authorities can benefit from regularly checking in on the company’s financial performance. The numbers used to calculate them are mostly taken from a company’s financial statements. Take a look at the most popular ones that we have gathered in this blog post! LIQUIDITY RATIOS Current Ratio Will we have enough money to pay suppliers? Benchmark: at least 1.00 ..read more

By Andrew Grigolyunovich, CFA, CFM, FMVA Chairman of the Financial Modeling World Cup From time to time people approach me on LinkedIn about financial modeling, courses, certificates, and other similar topics. I try to answer as much as I can. In the past couple of years, the questions have been accumulating, hence, we have decided to make a compilation of the questions and answers that could help others in their learning process as well! Learn more about the certificates here: CFA FMVA AFM, CFM, MFM Certificate Talks - Which, Why, When? 1. Do you have any recommendations for developin ..read more

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Driving Vision with Action: Order.co Steps Up as Sponsor to Power FMWC Events! Today, we are proud to unveil a partnership between Order.co, a leader in procurement-to-payment solutions, and FMWC. This strategic alliance promises a mutually beneficial partnership providing added value to the organization, FMWC events, and participants. An integral part of our vision at FMWC is to create a community of like-minded people in financial modeling and Microsoft Excel that share the latest industry trends and valuable knowledge. This partnership will allow FMWC to reach new audiences and businesse ..read more