Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

Valuation 104

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 104

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Acquisitions : As the number of hosts and guests on Airbnb have climbed over the years, the company has invested in building a more robust platform for its rentals. While some of that money has been spent on internal improvements, much of it has been spent acquiring more than two dozen companies, most of them small, technology businesses.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Valuation Investments Numbers 52

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The top one percent of musicians account for ninety percent of all music streams and close to sixty percent of revenues from concerts. That said, the movie business remained concentrated, with the biggest players dominating each segment of the business. Embedded in these numbers are two other trends worth noting.

Entertainment 77

Entertainment Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 77

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Chevrolet may use “the heartbeat of America” as its advertising tagline, but it’s small business that everyone believes keeps the heart of the U.S. They’re troubled by these numbers because they believe we’ve had adequate time as an economy to get the SMB growth engine revving again. Let me explain. THE HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA?

Concentration 53

Concentration Retail Advertising Economics 53

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

India’s smartphone users are expected to number 244 million in 2017, surpassing the number of smartphone users in the U.S. In some cases, the plans account for almost 80 percent of daily sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. One of those routes to market is the availability of cash.

Concentration 40

Concentration Advertising Education Forecasting 40

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

Or at least the top, pick a number, 30, 40%. I don’t remember the number. ” 29, 87, 74, just pick any 50 plus percent number and certainly 2000 and ’08, ’09, a major index gets cut in half. So you’re talking about an average of a large number. Less, 20, 30%? And — RITHOLTZ: What?

Benchmarking 52

Benchmarking Investments Marketing Treasury 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Facebook Wants Access to User Bank Accounts. Facebook has reportedly had conversations with banks about giving Messenger access to user bank accounts. And never mind that consumers aren’t sitting on hold for hours these days with the bank waiting to get updated information on transactions and account balances.

Banking 44

Banking Transportation Investments Currencies 44

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Joel Tillinghast : Well, okay, G, when he was six, my grandfather, who was a bookkeeper accountant at a textile mill died and my grandmother was a second string violin at the Providence Symphony Orchestra, which didn’t pay well then, and I suspect didn’t pay well now. And 00:28:03 [Speaker Changed] That’s an amazing number.

Benchmarking 103

Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 103

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Fewer sales drove sellers out of business, and a growing number of empty stalls forced rent prices way down. Instead of the merchant crowd making the trip to buy things at volume to resell in their shops, buyers were mostly tourists — taking in the sights and buying as many things as their luggage and bank accounts would permit.

Sales 51

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 51

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Fewer sales drove sellers out of business, and a growing number of empty stalls forced rent prices way down. Instead of the merchant crowd making the trip to buy things at volume to resell in their shops, buyers were mostly tourists — taking in the sights and buying as many things as their luggage and bank accounts would permit.

Sales 44

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 44

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: I am interested in numbers. I’m naturally a numbers person. To me, storytelling is much more — I mean, if you think about the history of humanity, for thousands of years, the way we pass down information was with stories, not numbers. It has allowed for this acceleration of number crunching.

Valuation 115

Valuation Education Finance Investments 115

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

And before you knew it, she was the number one salesperson for selling to professional salons in the whole country. They just didn’t do that in big numbers back then. I think the other big misnomer that’s out there is people are fueled by these headline numbers, right? So, I learned a lot from these ladies.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 61

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Compliance Investments Finance 61