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The Modeller’s Miscellany #142

“You only have to do a few things right in your life, so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.” 

- Warren Buffett

Economy

The world economy 2023: A recession year?

2023 moves forward with talk of an impending global recession; a result of a unique set of trends coming together.

In this session, INSEAD Professor of Economics Antonio Fatás sizes up the state of the world economy and elaborates on how these trends will shape our future in 2023 and beyond.

ChatGPT 

ChatGPT in Excel: Leila Gharani offers an early solution

AI, and ChatGPT in particular, is creating headline after headline at the moment.

While we wait collectively to figure out whether our skills will become obsolete in the near future, Leila has offered up a way to integrate ChatGPT into Excel. At the very least, this makes it a bit easier to troubleshoot those pesky formula problems!

Data Visualisation 

FREE Data Visualisation course by Full Stack Modeller

If you'd like to brush up on your data visualisation skills, we can help. Follow this link to get started on our free, 18-day email series. Each day you'll receive a link to your training video, which will typically be 5 - 8 minutes long. 

Resources

The Financial Times Visual Vocabulary

Alli Torban, an information design consultant and host of the Data Viz Today podcast, recently came to speak to the Full Stack Modeller community about data visualisation principles. One of many superb resources and tips she left us with was the Financial Times Visual Vocabulary, which you can download from this link.

It's a great one-page asset to lean on if you're wondering what chart type might be best for a particular insight you wish to share.

Modeller’s Miscellany Jobs

If you have a financial modelling related position you’d like us to include, please email om.

Featured: 
Consultant (Financial Modelling & Due Diligence) - Sapling Financial Consultants Inc. - Toronto, Canada (Hybrid)

Business Analyst - Roboten - Sweden (Remote)
Financial Analyst - SET Europa - Barcelona, Spain (Remote)
Financial Analyst - Stride Funding - Boston, MA, USA (Hybrid)
Senior Financial Analyst - StockX - USA (Remote)
Finance Manager - Brink - UK (Remote)
Commercial Finance Analyst - Clarks - UK (Remote)
Senior Data Analyst - Binance.US - Dubai, UAE (Remote)
Senior Data Analyst - Canva - Australia/New Zealand (Remote)

And finally...

This video was produced in Unreal Engine 5. It's almost impossible to distinguish from reality! Credit to Linas Beliūnas for sharing on Linkedin.

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