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Data Update 4 for 2024: Danger and Opportunity - Bringing Risk into the Equation!

Musings on Markets

In particular, there are wide variations in how risk is measured, and once measured, across companies and countries, and those variations can lead to differences in expected returns and hurdle rates, central to both corporate finance and investing judgments. What's coming?

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Data Update 6 for 2023: A Wake up call for the Indebted?

Musings on Markets

Furthermore, do they optimize they debt ratios to deliver the lowest hurdle rates. Do companies optimize financing mix? Do companies consider the trade off between tax benefits and bankruptcy costs when borrowing money?