Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In the process, it has altered the financial characteristics of the companies in the business in ways that the market is still trying to come to terms with, which may explain the market turmoil this year. That said, the movie business remained concentrated, with the biggest players dominating each segment of the business.

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Entertainment Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 77

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

If you do assume that markets will price away this excess profit, you then have the basis for the models that are used to value options and other derivative assets. Ultimately, a government that chooses to default is making a political choice, as much as it is an economic one.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

And it says it has a plan to make that possible: deregulate the market to increase competition. At present, just four manufacturers control 84% of the hearing-aid market, according to the Open Markets Institute, a think tank critical of corporate concentration. Has corporate concentration raised prices for you?

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Concentration Profit and Loss Manufacturing Economics 130

Barry Ritholtz

JUNE 7, 2023

Not to be like the Grim Reaper, but the reality is, if you’re not a multi manager and you’re not aggressively managing market risk, then you fall into the category of a long, short single manager that probably takes concentrated, more concentrated directional risk. They have economics. Maverick 14 billion.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

navigate a volatile market environment (in both stocks and bonds – oof!) Outside of work, he serves as a volunteer financial planner and class instructor for non-profits in the Northern Virginia area. This year has been challenging for many financial advisors as they help their clients (and their own firms!) Read More +.

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Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

She really has an incredible background in everything from capital markets to derivatives, to wealth management. You’ve been involved with capital markets for your entire career. It’s a town of about 4,000 people, so exposure to markets or investment banking or any of the careers in finance was not something that you really envisioned.

Investments 114

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 114

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

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Planning 130

Planning Communication Profit and Loss Education 130

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

MCCARTHY: I’d back up actually a little bit further in thinking about how did I get there, because I don’t think it was very obvious actually that I would come out of Yale with an ethics, politics and economics degree — RITHOLTZ: Perfect really, right? They react to markets. I didn’t have investor experience, really.

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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Construction Concentration 60

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The History The Adani Group, founded by Gautam Adani, started life as a commodity trading partnership business in Gujarat, and listed on stock markets in 1994, as Adani Exports, with a large chunk of its revenues coming from its operation of a local port in Mundra, with a subsequent entry into the edible oil business.

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 6, 2023

My morning train WFH reads: • The Active Management Delusion: Respect the Wisdom of the Crowd : “My basic point here is that neither the Financial Analysts as a whole nor the investment funds as a whole can expect to ‘beat the market,’ because in a significant sense they (or you) are the market. Bloomberg ) • How Disney beat Gov.

Valuation 111

Valuation Profit and Loss Financial Analyst Concentration 111

Barry Ritholtz

JUNE 13, 2023

And so late 90s, that’s the emergence of the high yield market in Europe, you would print deals like never before. Now, on the positive and the silver lining was that this whole situation started putting a lot of light on, let’s say, the alternative market. Is it just the size of the US market? I think we learned a lot.

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Investments Banking Entertainment Valuation 56

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

The History The Adani Group, founded by Gautam Adani, started life as a commodity trading partnership business in Gujarat, and listed on stock markets in 1994, as Adani Exports, with a large chunk of its revenues coming from its operation of a local port in Mundra, with a subsequent entry into the edible oil business.

Investments 100

Investments Valuation Auditing Restructuring 100

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 16, 2022

It was an era where, you know, first of all, the markets were really inefficient, right? TROPIN: So it was very fertile to do what we do because markets moved a lot. Commodity markets were moving a lot. It’s much better to be involved in trend following when markets are moving. Tell us a little bit about that era.

Profit and Loss 117

Profit and Loss Foreign Exchange Valuation Investments 117

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

So again, so it came back out to the market and it held on to all the pieces except Danaher. They announced a $640 million loss and ouch. What’s the most current data point that may not have filtered into the market? They’d say it’s a crap market. Many years ago. So I took that. That was real money.

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Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 103

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

The economic dislocation, the health risks, just the mayhem that took place, but from the perspective of a number of corporate CEOs, Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital, the hedge fund that had a couple of amazing trades based on this. HOFFMAN: So obviously, I’ve — you know, economically minded from the jump.

Treasury 52

Treasury Economics Retail Entertainment 52

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

There are few people in the world who understand the interrelationships between central banks, the economy, and markets like Bill Dudley does this, this is just a master class in, in understanding all the factors that affect everything from the economy to inflation, to the labor market, the housing market, and of course, federal Reserve policy.

Treasury 56

Treasury Marketing Economics Banking 56

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

They had the access to loss and excel really. And I think that’s a loss. And the only reason I can think for why dividends became the key way of returning cash is I went back to the history of markets. Bond markets preceded stock markets. Market price. DAMODARAN: Market price. DAMODARAN: Yeah.

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Valuation Education Finance Investments 114