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1st Quarter 2024 Economic And Market Outlook: Potential Increased Volatility, Threats To Economic Growth, And Equity Markets

Nerd's Eye View

Yet, by taking a measured look at factors driving economic activity and influencing behavior, advisors can help clients face risks they can't control and (hopefully) position themselves to take advantage of opportunities as they develop. Meanwhile, a smorgasbord of potential risks threatens economic growth's "soft landing" narrative.

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Tesla's Trillion Dollar Moment: A Valuation Revisit!

Musings on Markets

If you are interested, you can see my valuations from 2014 , 2016 and 2017. The automobile business has been in trouble for quite a while, struggling with anemic revenue growth in the aggregate, and abysmal profit margins, with even the very best in the group struggling to earn returns that match, let alone beat, their costs of capital.

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The Seven Samurai: How Big Tech Rescued the Market in 2023!

Musings on Markets

Operating Performance/Profitability Narrative : While it is easy to attribute rising stock prices entirely to mood and momentum, the truth is that momentum has its roots in truth. trillion in market cap, and that 2023 represented a correction back to a level only slightly above the value at the end of 2021.

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Bold moves in global M&A might appear in 2023

Future CFO

While M&A value dropped dramatically in 2022, a loss of 36% in deal value, Bain’s report confirms that deal activity continues to be a central corporate strategy for growth and profitability. The largest drops came among deals for Technology and Healthcare & Life Sciences assets, the firm pointed out.

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The Difference Makers: Key Person(s) Valuation

Musings on Markets

Of course, and with small businesses, especially those built around personal services (a doctor or plumber’s practice), it is part of the valuation process, where the key person is valued or at least priced and incorporated into valuation. Who is a key person?

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The Zomato IPO: A Bet on Big Markets and Platforms!

Musings on Markets

The primary attraction of the company, to investors, comes not from its current standing (modest revenues and big losses), but from its positioning to take advantage of the potential growth in the Indian food delivery market.

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Transcript: Michael Fisch

Barry Ritholtz

So, so let’s talk a little bit about your, your background ba in economics from Dartmouth. We hope that we can invest behind and see stability so that there won’t be a loss of capital 00:28:00 [Speaker Changed] And, and above average GDP 00:28:02 [Speaker Changed] Growth. The auditors look at those valuations.