PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Analysts at the consulting firm released a new report that warns traditional banks need to make more radical changes to their approaches to innovation and technology if they are to remain viable. The weakest performers fell below the returns hurdle rate across regions and across segments, the report noted.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Risk and Hurdle Rates In investing and corporate finance, we have no choice but to come up with measures of risk, flawed though they might be, that can be converted into numbers that drive decisions. In corporate finance, this takes the form of a hurdle rate , a minimum acceptable return on an investment, for it to be funded.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Some of that variation can be attributed to different mixes of businesses in different regions, since unit economics will result in higher gross margins for technology companies and commodity companies, in years when commodity prices are high, and lower gross margins for heavy manufacturing and retail businesses.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And that Gartner Hype Cycle is something where whenever there’s a disruptive technology that it comes in, there’s a lot of hype and high expectations, so unrealistic expectations, followed by something doesn’t happen, you have disillusionment. Look, for us, technology is the embodiment of our service. BUCKLEY: Yeah.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

The last decade, with it influx of user based companies and technology platforms forced me to think seriously about how to value a user, subscriber or rider and extrapolate from there to company value. Discount rates in intrinsic valaution have to change to reflect current market conditions, and can be expected to change over time.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Furthermore, do they optimize they debt ratios to deliver the lowest hurdle rates. At the other end of the spectrum, technology and energy companies look the safest on an interest coverage ratio basis, but with both groups, you worry about year-to-year volatility in earnings. at least with technology companies).

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2021

There are even some who believe that the block chain technology that is at the heart of bitcoin can make it a commodity, with the price rising, as block chains find their place in different parts of the economy. Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question. Here is my personal take: Bitcoin is not an asset.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

Thus, an analyst who follows young technology companies may decide that paying ten times revenues for a company is a bargain, if all of the companies that he tracks trade at multiples greater than ten times revenues. Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question. Data Update 2 for 2021: The Price of Risk!

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

In the three posts that follow, I will look at the shifts in corporate hurdle rates (in post 6), debt loads and worries (in post 7) and dividends/cash returned in post 8.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the three posts that follow, I will look at the shifts in corporate hurdle rates (in post 6), debt loads and worries (in post 7) and dividends/cash returned in post 8.

Valuation 52

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 9, 2023

And then on the infrastructure side, I would say there’s a, you know, continual demand and need to invest in technology and operations in order to deliver a better client experience and to continue to improve and enhance our already strong risk management capabilities.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Railways were this revolutionary technology that was going to change the world, going to change civilization, the speed with which people — roughly at the same time, remember Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley — RITHOLTZ: Sure. CHANCELLOR: Exactly. But also, you could see these parallels. The government debt relative to GDP came down.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

” look at the Monte Carlo simulations, look at what is the hurdle rate. ” And we just started putting in more and more technology. But really the main driver in that first meeting is, “Hey, we’ve got to update the financial plan. Did things change significantly since we updated the plan?,”

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Technology, you know, the sector itself, the technology still has a stronger relative chart pattern. And technology and discretionary and comm services had a chance to rotate into a more bearish leadership position and did not do that. And technology. It’s been sideways, but in a stronger trend.

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