• Successful and
aggressive account manager that maintained established customers by strategically reviewing account each quarter and offering cost savings while fostering customer loyalty.
Companies that have
aggressive accounting where management is pulling the wool over investors» eyes and artificially propping up their stock price can lead to solid returns, even in a bull market.
Totus is also bearish on software firms Aconex and MYOB because of their high price - to - earnings multiples and
more aggressive accounting.
We saw the value of this review in the offerings of Zynga and Groupon,
when aggressive accounting tactics exposed by an S.E.C. review alerted investors to problems at both companies.
Interviews with former Sprout employees, analysts, investors and doctors who helped bring the drug to market suggest how a series of missteps after the deal, along with turbulence
from aggressive accounting practices, unusual business relationships and big egos, derailed one of the most intriguing new pharmaceuticals in a generation.
The U.S. firm Ibbotson Associates did a study for Canada's Bullion Management Group a few years ago that found investors can potentially improve their balance of risk and reward with a precious metals weighting of 7.1 per cent in conservative accounts, 12.5 per cent in moderate accounts and 15.7 per cent
in aggressive accounts.
To put this meeting in context: Einhorn was in the midst of doing significant due diligence on a company called Allied Capital, a business development company (BDC) that used
aggressive accounting practices, questionable reporting of their financial results, and very liberal valuations of the illiquid equity and debt securities that they held for investment.
For years, IBM has resorted to
aggressive accounting practices to hide the weakness in their business.
So,
aggressive accounting is a red flag for me.
Granted, this would likely increase the volatility of one's portfolio, meaning more -
aggressive accounts will probably feel the most comfortable pursuing such a strategy.
There are almost always isolated areas of excess, fraud, or
aggressive accounting, but it gets widespread during manias.
There's probably room to lower the couples effective tax rat by 5 % with
some aggressive accounting.
But it wasn't until eventual CEO Jeff Skilling arrived at Enron that the company's «
aggressive accounting» philosophy truly took hold.
My aggressive account has grown at 35 % per year for the past 6 years and my conservative side is at 15 % per year growth.
There are almost always isolated areas of excess, fraud, or
aggressive accounting, but it gets widespread during manias.