Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. The required rate of return for equity (Re) is generally calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). A beta of 1.0

Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow Beta Risk-free Rate 52

Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. The required rate of return for equity (Re) is generally calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). A beta of 1.0

Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow Beta Risk-free Rate 52

Valutico

APRIL 12, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. The required rate of return for equity (Re) is generally calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). A beta of 1.0

Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow Beta Risk-free Rate 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Note that this framework applies for all businesses, from the smallest, privately owned businesses, where debt takes the form of bank loans and even credit card borrowing and equity is owner savings, the largest publicly traded companies, where debt can be in the form of corporate bonds and equity is shares held by public market investors.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 10, 2022

Oil & Gas Investment Banking Definition: In oil & gas investment banking, professionals advise companies that search for, produce, store, transport, refine, and market energy on raising debt and equity and completing mergers and acquisitions. Also, there are few “independent” Downstream companies in major markets like the U.S.,

Banking 82

Banking EBITDA Dividends Equity 82

Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Distressed debt investing offers advantages over other hedge fund strategies , but the marketing often oversells the benefits. These percentages mean the market is pricing in a high likelihood of creditor losses in a restructuring or bankruptcy. “Distressed assets offer non-correlated returns, similar to global macro.”

Equity 83

Equity Banking EBITDA Start-ups 83

Brian DeChesare

JULY 27, 2022

Let’s say that Target has a bond with an 8% Yield to Maturity , i.e., you earn an internal rate of return (IRR) of 8% if you buy the bond at its current market price and hold it until maturity. The Walmart bond’s YTM is still 5%, so its market price is the same. So, you long the Target bond and short the Walmart bond.

Equity 52

Equity Start-ups Private Equity Firm Beta 52