Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital.

Hurdle Rate 79

Hurdle Rate Profit and Loss Investments Accounting 79

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

In every introductory finance class, you begin with the notion of a risk-free investment, and the rate on that investment becomes the base on which you build, to get to expected returns on risky assets and investments. Why does the risk-free rate matter? and the reverse will occur, when risk-free rates drop.

Investments 80

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 80

Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. Viewed in that context, dividends as just as integral to a business, as the investing and financing decisions.

Hurdle Rate 91

Hurdle Rate Corporate Finance Investments Finance 91

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

I have also developed a practice in the last decade of spending much of January exploring what the data tells us, and does not tell us, about the investing, financing and dividend choices that companies made during the most recent year. Financing Flows 5. Valuation Pricing Growth & Reinvestment Profitability Risk Multiple s 1.

Valuation 98

Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss 98

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

Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And you know, just simple things like, hey, the value of tax loss harvesting, how do you make that apparent to people? BUCKLEY: Well, the way we’re built, being client owned, it’s the way we return profits to our clients. You know, we’ve had been lucky, it’s been very profitable year after year.

Leadership 109

Leadership Investments Profit and Loss Technology 109