Musings on Markets

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. What is a risk free investment? Why does the risk-free rate matter?

Investments 80

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 80

Global Finance

MAY 10, 2024

Ryan, Deutsche Bank: China is holding fewer US treasuries and more agency and corporate securities. Eighty-eight percent of respondents planned to increase their FDI commitments, and 89% called FDI “more important to their corporate profitability and competitiveness” over that period.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 52

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Manufacturing Profit and Loss Investments 52

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

The price of ether increased 9 percent after William Hinman, head of the Division of Corporate Finance for the U.S. Hinman cited the cryptocurrency’s decentralized and public network, and lack of a third party expecting to make a profit as reasons that the agency won’t treat it like a security.”.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Currencies Corporate Finance Treasury 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

That said, it does mean that any broad conclusions (about profitability and revenues) that emerge from my data apply to public companies, and it may be dangerous to extrapolate to private businesses, especially in a year like 2020 where private businesses could have been affected more adversely by COVID shutdowns than public companies.

Valuation 52

Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52