Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

Corporate Finance : Corporate finance is the development of the first financial principles that govern how to run a business. It is that mission that makes corporate finance the ultimate big picture class, one that everyone (entrepreneurs, investors, analysts, business observers) should take.

Corporate Finance

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In fact, that objective of value maximization drives every aspect of the business, as can be seen in this big picture perspective in corporate finance: For some companies, especially mature ones, value and profit maximization may converge, but for most, they will not.

Equity

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

Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 31, 2022

Convertible Arbitrage Definition: Convertible arbitrage is a relative value strategy in which a hedge fund profits based on the pricing discrepancy between a company’s convertible bonds and its underlying stock; the fund exploits changes in volatility, credit quality, and interest rates to make money while minimizing overall market risk.

Banking

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

Counter made-up numbers : It remains true that people (analysts, market experts, politicians) often make assertions based upon either incomplete or flawed data, or no data at all. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing.

Risk Premium

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

Appraiser Newsroom

JUNE 4, 2024

Everett is a finance professor at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. He is the Director of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project (privatecap.org) and Executive Director for the Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies competition (pepperdine.edu/mfc). Dr. Everett He holds a Ph.D. She joined Chaffe & Associates, Inc.

Business Valuation

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 28, 2024

In my last data updates for this year, I looked first at how equity markets rebounded in 2023 , driven by a stronger-than-expected economy and inflation coming down, and then at how interest rates mirrored this rebound.

Risk Premium

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

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

Valutico

AUGUST 17, 2022

We’re particularly happy that this represents a significant increase in our offering for Venture Capital and Corporate Finance firms across the 70 countries Valutico is already being used in. For demonstrations please contact Head of Marketing, Alex Harris. Have Questions About the VC Method? What is the VC method?

Start-ups

Brian DeChesare

APRIL 30, 2025

The venture capital market is highly cyclical , which discourages some bankers from considering it. Join in a bad market, and you might close 0 deals and learn very little except how to start a podcast or Substack on becoming a VC influencer. But there is one lower Beta alternative: Corporate venture capital (CVC).

Start-ups