Value Scope

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As companies continue to legitimately integrate ESG into business strategy, the ability to achieve “alpha,” which is an excess return or performance above a codified index or peer group, might become more difficult to do. Using Alpha, however, it could be done. Alpha is unsystematic risk, unique to the firm undergoing valuation.

Intangible Assets 130

Intangible Assets Alpha Beta Marketability 130

Musings on Markets

JUNE 23, 2023

Does revolutionary change help the overall economy and/or equity markets? Historical Stock Returns for US Given equity market volatility, four decades is a short time period, and the most that we can discern from this data is that the technological changes have been a net positive, for markets, albeit with added volatility for investors.

Start-ups 104

Start-ups Marketability Market Capitalization Technology 104

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In keeping with my inability to stay focused, that then led me to also think about sovereign wealth funds, an increasingly powerful presence in both private and public equity markets, and then about green energy, a favored destination for impact investors over the last two decades.

Start-ups 69

Start-ups Alpha Equity Marketability 69