CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. Bond Markets and Default Risk.

Economics 130

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 130

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Business Model Airbnb's primary business model connects hosts who own houses and apartments with guests who want to rent them for short term stays, while providing a secure and easy-to-use platform for search, reservations, communications and payments.

Profit and Loss 52

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent.

Economics 100

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 100

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

The first is that there is no risk that the issuer of the security will default on their contractual commitments. 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.

Investments 80

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 80

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. Maverick 14 billion. 130 billion. Perceptive 10 billion.

Investments 108

Investments Concentration Profit and Loss Economics 108

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Innovators also find new use cases for these new currencies, including Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), to raise money to fund innovation outside of the realm of existing securities regulation. Bitcoin’s core principle of anonymity is anathema to operating a safe and secure global financial system. At least I hope so.

Currencies 71

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Investments 71

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Stock as collateral for debt : The motive for the stock price manipulation, at least according to Hindenburg, is that some of the debt in the Adani companies has been backed up or secured by shares in the company, with a higher market capitalization then allowing these companies to borrow more than they should.

Investments 100

Investments Valuation Auditing Restructuring 100

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They announced a $640 million loss and ouch. But if, if it has a history of not being profitable, you you really want to exclude that. Low price stock has historically had some very large concentrated positions. The visibility on earnings they grew but they stayed profitable as, as they grew. So big loss.

Benchmarking 103

Benchmarking Concentration Investments Profit and Loss 103

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

I was hired to cover, I think, securities litigation or insurance regulation, something like truly technical and awful. Ends up turning about $27 million of swap premiums into 2 billion plus in profit. RITHOLTZ: Sounds dry and tedious, but. And so he says, “I think the market is not aware of the risks here.” Okay, how do I express it?

Treasury 52

Treasury Economics Retail Entertainment 52

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

And so you had a situation where you could take big positions in the euro dollar market, affect the price and the cash market and actually make a profit. So the sort of the tail was wagging the dog for SOFR, the secured overnight funding rate for repo. You have a big repo market. So the idea, and it’s a real market.

Treasury 57

Treasury Marketing Economics Banking 57

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

They had the access to loss and excel really. And I think that’s a loss. This is one reason I’m a little skeptical about people who claim that they do their investing based on Ben Graham’s “Security Analysis.” Your profit margin is my opportunity. That’s fascinating. RITHOLTZ: A little dated?

Valuation 115

Valuation Education Finance Investments 115