Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

Corporate Finance : Corporate finance is the development of the first financial principles that govern how to run a business. It is that mission that makes corporate finance the ultimate big picture class, one that everyone (entrepreneurs, investors, analysts, business observers) should take.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. If anything, as rates have decreased over the last decade, and costs of capital for companies hit historic lows, companies are finding it more difficult to earn returns that exceed their costs of capital. .

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Marketing Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. I will use this data to draw three broad conclusions: Low Hurdle Rate ? The proverbial bottom line for success in business is the capacity to deliver profits, at least in the long term.

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Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting Entertainment 80

CFO News Room

JANUARY 20, 2023

In the four decades that I have been teaching finance, I have always started my discussion of risk with a Chinese symbols for crisis, as a combination of danger plus opportunity: Over the decades, though, I have been corrected dozens of times on how the symbols should be written, with each correction being challenged by a new reader.

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Hurdle Rate Currencies Investments Corporate Finance 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In the four decades that I have been teaching finance, I have always started my discussion of risk with a Chinese symbols for crisis, as a combination of danger plus opportunity: Over the decades, though, I have been corrected dozens of times on how the symbols should be written, with each correction being challenged by a new reader.

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Hurdle Rate Currencies Investments Corporate Finance 67

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

That year, I computed these industry-level statistics for five variables that I found myself using repeatedly in my valuations, and once I had them, I could not think of a good reason to keep them secret. After all, I had no plans on becoming a data service, and making them available to others cost me absolutely nothing. Beta & Risk 1.

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Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss 98

CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Data: Trickle to a Flood! It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing.

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Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Financial Analysis 130