Andrew Stolz

AUGUST 5, 2020

If an investor moves money from the risk-free asset into the stock market, they should expect to earn a return in excess of the risk-free rate, what is called an equity risk premium. beta of a stock). The beta measures the sensitivity of a stock in relation to changes in the market. What Impacts the Capital Asset Pricing Model?

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Risk-free Rate Beta Weighted Average Cost of Capital Risk Premium 52

Value Scope

JULY 21, 2020

This work can be used to reconcile and support an adjustment to the CAPM, then the WACC, via Alpha and Beta. The second inflection point was triggered by the “Fundamental Reshaping of Finance” open letter to CEOs on January 14, 2020, by Blackrock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink. “In

Intangible Assets 130

Intangible Assets Beta Alpha Unlevered Beta 130

Startup Valuation Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

An angel investor is an individual who provides financial backing for small startups or entrepreneurs, typically in exchange for ownership equity in the company. Expect to show investors a detailed business plan with crucial finance terms, marketing strategies, financial projections, and market research. Return on investment.

Beta 100

Beta Equity Marketability Banking 100

Brian DeChesare

JUNE 29, 2022

If you’re thinking about exit opportunities and can’t decide between private equity and hedge funds , activist hedge funds might be your solution. Similar to private equity firms, they operate on longer time frames, influence companies’ operations and finances, and might catalyze major changes, such as spin-offs or acquisitions.

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Private Equity Firm Equity Banking Start-ups 52

Equidam

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While some may charge fees for services provided, a venture studio’s operations are financed primarily by management fees from the fund, which in venture capital are typically around 2%. Some venture studios may allocate a part of that fund to the venture studio itself.

Beta 69

Beta Finance Equity Marketability 69

Andrew Stolz

AUGUST 6, 2020

Beta is the risk statistic used to compare the portfolio’s exposure to systematic risk to that of the market. The beta of the portfolio is calculated by multiplying the beta of each asset to its weight in the portfolio. Beta of Asset A * Weight of Asset A) + (Beta of Asset B * Weight of Asset B).

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Beta Covariance Systematic Risk Marketability 52

Valutico

APRIL 25, 2023

The ESG score feeds into our proprietary algorithm to derive an appropriate adjustment to the Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt, which impacts the final valuation. Who is ValutECO for? For very low ESG scores, the algorithm will apply a Cost of Capital premium, increasing the overall Cost of Capital and thus decreasing the valuation.

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Discounted Cash Flow Equity Beta Alpha 52

Valutico

APRIL 25, 2023

The ESG score feeds into our proprietary algorithm to derive an appropriate adjustment to the Cost of Equity and Cost of Debt, which impacts the final valuation. Who is ValutECO for? For very low ESG scores, the algorithm will apply a Cost of Capital premium, increasing the overall Cost of Capital and thus decreasing the valuation.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Equity Beta Alpha 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To fund the business, you can either use borrowed money (debt) or owner's funds (equity), and while both are sources of capital, they represent different claims on the business. Even government-owned businesses fall under its umbrella, with the key difference being that equity is provided by the taxpayers.

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Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Valutico

AUGUST 17, 2022

Valutico has once again made finance professional’s lives easier by announcing the launch of the Venture Capital (VC) method for valuing start-ups, available for the first time within its online platform. . The calculation of these discount rates are based on the observed betas of similar listed peer companies. What is the VC method?

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Start-ups EBIT Weighted Average Cost of Capital Discounted Cash Flow 52

Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 31, 2022

Convertible bonds are hybrid instruments with elements of debt and equity, and some groups that trade convertible bonds also combine elements of S&T and IB. If you’re using a strategy like long/short equity , you could long or short a company’s stock, and your results would depend heavily on the stock market’s overall direction.

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Banking Risk-free Rate Equity Start-ups 64

Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Traditional investment banking exit opportunities such as private equity , venture capital , and corporate development are highly unlikely , with a few exceptions for certain desks. You will not be competing with investment bankers or equity research analysts because they do not have the skill sets required for global macro.

Banking 69

Banking Equity Start-ups Marketability 69

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. Of course, but with two caveats.

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Corporate Finance Start-ups Finance Marketability 52

Reynolds Holding

JULY 13, 2023

In a new book , I discuss “investment crowdfunding” (also known as “equity crowdfunding” or “securities crowdfunding”), an inclusive new type of online venture capital market – it’s like Kickstarter , except you get a share of stock. They wear t-shirts with the company logo.

Beta 52

Beta Marketability Compliance Equity 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. Midstream: 85 (mix of asset deals, M&A, debt, and even some private equity activity).

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Banking EBITDA Dividends Equity 82

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In the four decades that I have been teaching finance, I have always started my discussion of risk with a Chinese symbols for crisis, as a combination of danger plus opportunity: Over the decades, though, I have been corrected dozens of times on how the symbols should be written, with each correction being challenged by a new reader.

Risk Premium 67

Risk Premium Beta Start-ups Equity 67

Andrew Stolz

AUGUST 6, 2020

The expected return on an asset is determined by the risk-free rate of return with the addition of the asset’s beta to each macroeconomic factor that impacts the return on the asset multiplied by the risk premium of those factors. Investors assign macroeconomic factors that may affect the return on the asset through a regression process.

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Risk-free Rate Risk Premium Beta Marketability 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

I have also developed a practice in the last decade of spending much of January exploring what the data tells us, and does not tell us, about the investing, financing and dividend choices that companies made during the most recent year. Beta & Risk 1. Return on Equity 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2. Financing Flows 5.

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Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital.

Equity 79

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 79

Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” Distressed assets offer non-correlated returns, similar to global macro.”

Equity 83

Equity Banking EBITDA Start-ups 83

Brian DeChesare

MAY 24, 2023

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. A long/short equity fund could find an undervalued company, like it for reasons A, B, and C, and argue that its price will increase by 50%. But lock-up periods are longer than most long/short equity funds.

Equity 64

Equity Start-ups EBITDA Banking 64

Brian DeChesare

JULY 19, 2023

If you’re interested in long-only hedge funds, you should ask a different set of questions: Do these long-only funds offer any advantages over strategies like long/short equity ? Theoretically, an equity fund could be long-only and manage its risk by buying stocks that are negatively correlated with the market.

Equity 52

Equity Beta Banking Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. Cost of Equity 1. Standard deviations in equity and firm value 4. Return on Equity 1. PE & PEG 2.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Brian DeChesare

JULY 27, 2022

Anyone who’s ever traded stocks can understand long/short equity , and even simple global macro trades are easy to explain to the average person. To simplify, we can say that credit hedge funds operate in three main areas: Long/Short Credit – It’s similar to long/short equity , but with bonds rather than stocks. See the example above.

Equity 52

Equity Start-ups Private Equity Firm Beta 52

Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There are only a few dozen large funds in this category worldwide, but they’ve greatly impacted the markets and finance careers. Beta-Neutral Portfolios: For example, if the S&P 500 goes up or down by 5%, your team’s portfolio should move by ~0%.

Start-ups 85

Start-ups Beta Marketability Comps 85

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A rising stock market has augmented the wealth inequality, since the wealthiest hold the preponderance of equities in the market. If you are in finance, and you were measuring the risk of different tax revenue sources, capital gains tax revenue would have a "higher beta" than "income tax revenues or sales tax revenues.

Start-ups 98

Start-ups Appraisal Marketability Beta 98

Value Scope

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The second inflection point was triggered by the “Fundamental Reshaping of Finance” open letter to CEOs on January 14, 2020, by BlackRock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink. “In Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. The re-levered Beta for the private company we were valuing was 0.56.

Intangible Assets 130

Intangible Assets Alpha Beta Marketability 130