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Dan GodeCo-Founder
Almaris E-Learning Systems ![]()
Dan Gode is a Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Business Law at New York University Stern School of Business. He is also the Co-Founder of Almaris E-Learning Systems. Professor Gode teaches courses in corporate financial accounting and modeling and projecting financial statements....
Eli Bartov, CPAProfessor
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC) ![]()
Dr. Bartov, PhD, CPA, is a Research Professor of Accounting at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He has authored numerous scholarly articles on issues of accounting earnings manipulations, earnings quality, equity valuation, executive stock options, insider trading, market efficiency,...
Grant Newton, CPAExecutive Director
ASSOCIATION OF INSOLVENCY RESTRUCTING ![]()
Grant W. Newton is Executive Director at Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA), a professional association, where he has worked since October 1990. Mr. Newton is a Professor Emeritus of Accounting at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. His areas of expertise include financial...
Raj MehraPresident & Founder
Chelsea Advisory Services ![]()
Raj Mehra is the President of Chelsea Advisory Services, a financial risk and forensic accounting advisory firm in Washington DC. He has over 21 years of experience in areas such as banking, subprime mortgages, credit card, auto and student lending. Mr. Mehra is an expert in securitization and structured...
Russell Lundholm, PhDProfessor
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - CC ![]()
Russell Lundholm is the Andersen Professor of Accounting and former department chair at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He has taught at the University of Michigan since 1993 and at Stanford University from 1987 to 1993. Dr. Lundholm's expertise lies at the intersection of...
President
Wall St. Training ![]()
Hamilton Lin, CFA, is the President of Wall St. Training, a corporate training firm that teaches the fundamentals of financial analysis, modeling and valuation. He has a broad background in investment banking and mergers & acquisitions in diverse industries ranging from oil & gas to insurance to asset...
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How Stock Option Backdating Can Be Detected
July 21, 2009
PCAOB Alerts Auditors on Backdating | www.cfo.com
We develop a straightforward method to find manipulation by corporate insiders of stock option award or exercise dates. We test the method against disclosed backdating companies and find the method to be extremely reliable. The study can be downloaded at the following link: .
Is Liquidity Accounting the Future?
May 5, 2009
CFO's on IFRS: Forget About It | www.cfo.com
Current accounting standards are confusing and hard to understand by the average reader of financial statements. They don't present a picture of liquidity or an analysis of of cash needs and uses. Good businesses fail principally because they run out of cash, yet the traditional statement...
Effects of End of Tourism Boom on other sectors
November 24, 2008
End of the Tourism Boom? | abcnews.go.com
1.Tourism & related Airline Industry is Key economic barometry for some countries including US. 2. These sectors are source of major employment/unemployment. 3. Industry is Major source of Foreign Exchange inflow, the balance of payment situation could be effected by negative...
October 3, 2008
Robert McCabe, Ph.D., CPA, CFE, Partner, McCabe & Associates, PhDs
Alls Fair: The Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting | www.cfo.com
Why does the SEC not enforce the rule against "naked short selling?"
Is “Fair-Value” Really that Dangerous?
September 10, 2008
Robert McCabe, Ph.D., CPA, CFE, Partner, McCabe & Associates, PhDs
Fair-Value Revolution: Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era. | www.cfo.com
The article makes several claims that need a response. First, it declares the principal question that accounting tries to answer is “What is a company really worth?” Second, it states that fair value played a role in the recent “economic meltdown,” because the fair value rules forced “banks...
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