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Good (Bad) Banks and Good (Bad) Investments: At the right price.

Musings on Markets

Consequently, you can only value the equity in a bank, and by extension, the only pricing multiples you can use to price banks are equity multiples (PE, Price to Book etc.).

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

The second was that, starting mid-year in 2020, equity markets and the real economy moved in different directions, with the former rising on the expectations a post-virus future, and the latter languishing, as most of the world continued to operate with significant constraints.

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Is Hyundai’s Parallel Strategy a Potent Value Play?

Andrew Stolz

Hyundai has fallen from one of the most profitable carmakers to below-average profitability in 2020. Mainly from fierce price competition, higher labor costs and the recent chip shortage. A price-to-book ratio of less than 1x indicates that the market values the net assets less than the balance sheet suggests.

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Market Resilience or Investors In Denial? A Mid-year Assessment for 2023!

Musings on Markets

In 2022, old-time value investors felt vindicated, as the damage that year was inflicted on the highest growth companies, especially in technology. US Equities in 2023: Into the Weeds! The Rest of the Year: What's coming?

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

Musings on Markets

Revenues did drop in 2020, as COVID restrictions put a crimp on the restaurant business, but the quarterly data suggests that business is coming back. Revenue Share : While the market share and total market yield the gross order value for Zomato, the company posts only its share of these orders, as revenues.