Musings on Markets

JANUARY 21, 2023

While there are many events during 2022, some political and some economic, that one can point to as the reason for poor stock returns, it is undeniable that inflation was the driving force behind the market correction. In this section, I will begin with a deconstruction of stock returns in 2022 and the year's place in stock market history.

Equity 70

Equity Risk Premium Start-ups Dividends 70

Chris Mercer

AUGUST 1, 2022

This 2008 version had information on 477 restricted stock transactions, up from 430 transactions in the 2004 version. There were 231 transactions after April 1997, when the SEC’s period of restriction was reduced from two years to one year (up from 182 transactions in the 2004 version). Conclusion. This is just common sense.

Dividends 52

Dividends Appraisal Marketability Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Since I am lucky enough to have access to databases that carry data on all publicly traded stocks, I choose all publicly traded companies, with a market price that exceeds zero, as my universe, for computing all statistics. Consequently, I do report industry averages for the two fastest growing emerging markets in India and China.

Dividends 98

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

After a buzzy open, when the stock jumped from its offering price of $30 a share to $42, the stock has quickly given up those gains and now trades at below to its offer price.

Intangible Assets 104

Intangible Assets Book Value Equity Start-ups 104

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

We will then follow up with a framework for thinking about how key people can affect the value of a business, with practical suggestions on valuing and pricing key people. We will end with a discussion of how enterprises try, with mixed effects, to build protections against the loss of key personnel.

Key Person Discount 113

Key Person Discount Start-ups Price to Book Marketability 113