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Del. Supreme Court Hears SWS Oral Argument

Appraisal Rights

We’ve written before about the SWS appraisal case, decided in mid 2017. Part of the argument focused on the concept of size premium – a primer on which is available here – and which is being contested in the SWS appeal. After the ruling, petitioners appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court.

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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. Risk : When I valued Tesla last in early 2020, I used a cost of capital of 7%, reflecting a risk free rate of 1.75% and an equity risk premium of 5.2% for mature markets. What’s your story?

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Data Update 3 for 2021: Currencies, Commodities, Collectibles and Cryptos

Musings on Markets

In my last post , I described the wild ride that the price of risk took in 2020, with equity risk premiums and default spreads initially sky rocketing, as the virus led to global economic shutdowns, and then just as abruptly dropping back to pre-crisis levels over the course of the year.

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

Musings on Markets

The service was initiated in 2017 and it had 1.5 Zomato has grown at exponential rates for much of the last decade, with a surge in the number of cities that it serves in India, especially in the last few years, from 38 in 2017 to 63 in 2018 to more than 500 in 2021, extending its reach into smaller urban settings.

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Investor Taxes and Stock Prices: Threading the Needle!

Musings on Markets

While one part of the proposal, reversing the 2017 tax cuts for those in the highest tax brackets from 39.6% With stocks, I compute this pre-personal tax return at the start of every month, using the current level of index and expected cash flows to back out an internal rate of return; this is the basis for the implied equity risk premium.