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AUGUST 15, 2023

After the rating downgrade, my mailbox was inundated with questions of what this action meant for investing, in general, and for corporate finance and valuation practice, in particular, and this post is my attempt to answer them all with one post. Why does the risk-free rate matter? What is a risk free investment?

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

The first is that I do not have a macro focus, and my interests in macro variables occur only in the context of corporate finance or valuation issues. I also report estimates of the default spreads based upon current yields on bonds in different ratings classes and the current riskfree rate.

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In Search of Safe Havens: The Trust Deficit and Risk-free Investments!

Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

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