Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

In the second, Warren Buffet used some heated language to describe those who opposed buybacks, calling them “economic illiterates” and “silver tongued demagogues “. In 1998, buybacks exceeded dividends for the first time in US corporate history and by last year, buybacks accounted for almost two thirds of all cash returned to shareholders.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Much of my focus, when it comes to data, is on company-specific variables, rather than macro economic data, for two reasons. Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) : This is hands down, in my view, the best site for macroeconomic data in the world.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

Data Items Much of my focus, when it comes to data, is on company-specific variables, rather than macro economic data, for two reasons. Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) : This is hands down, in my view, the best site for macroeconomic data in the world. Financing Flows Accounting Returns Dividends & Ownership Risk Premiums 1.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 20, 2021

The failures of the signal have been variously attributed to low interest rates, accounting mis-measurement of earnings (especially at tech companies), and by some, to animal spirits. Ultimately though, the judgment you make on the market will be a joint effect of your views on the economy and interest rates in the next few years.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Because the economics of profitability start showing up particularly when you’re starting to hire other advisors and staff and team. ” look at the Monte Carlo simulations, look at what is the hurdle rate. You really have to start crystalizing an org chart and who does what, and clarifying roles and responsibilities.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

CHANCELLOR: And I actually — one of my last projects at GMO was to do a sort of — to look at what was going on from economic sentiment perspective, looking at various different measures in a bull bear ratio, amount of margin loans in system. Essentially, that’s what interest rates allow. back in sort of 2012.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 25, 2023

One is curiosity , as political and economic crises roll through regions of the world, roiling long-held beliefs about safe and risky countries. My suggestion is that for countries where recent political or economic events would lead you to believe that sovereign rating is dated, you should switch to using sovereign CDS spreads.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Accounting was very difficult. It’s about a 50% fail rate, something like that. And economic indicators, like the unemployment rate or the claims data, and you know, we actually did some scenario analysis around that recently, just talking about, Hey, what happens if the employment rate rises versus falls?

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