Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

During the course of the year, investors also rediscovered that the essence of business is not growing revenues or adding users, but making profits from that growth. In this post, I will focus on trend lines in profitability at companies in 2022, with the intent of addressing multiple questions.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Investments Hurdle Rate Accounting 52

The Finance Weekly

MAY 25, 2022

An example of a financial plan is creating a long term goal or mission statement (let’s say 5 years) and then working out the details. Calculating profit and loss, revenue, market trajectories, and cash flow statements are some of the more detailed analysis to create on the way to the goal. Forecasting.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Forecasting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning 52

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And they go on longer and longer and obviously more profitable for the states that run the lottery. It’s a function of log normal returns that we see in, in stock markets. Outperform the market over decades and you’re a winner. That’s the $2 that the lottery is worth for me. And it’s exactly the same.

Investments 52

Investments Valuation Math Numbers 52

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 6, 2023

My morning train WFH reads: • The Active Management Delusion: Respect the Wisdom of the Crowd : “My basic point here is that neither the Financial Analysts as a whole nor the investment funds as a whole can expect to ‘beat the market,’ because in a significant sense they (or you) are the market. Vox ) • Got Milk?

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Financial Analyst Concentration 113

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 21, 2023

So your doctoral thesis asserted that consistently beating market averages was attainable by exploiting both value and momentum. Because, you know, there’s this constant fight in academia, if you believe something works, does it work because markets are efficient in its compensation for risk, or for behavioral reasons?

Profit and Loss 67

Profit and Loss Valuation Forecasting Investments 67