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A Follow up on Inflation: The Disparate Effects on Company Values!

Musings on Markets

In my last post , I discussed how inflation's return has changed the calculus for investors, looking at how inflation affects returns on different asset classes, and tracing out the consequences for equity values, in the aggregate. The former is short hand for the small cap premium and the latter is the proxy for the value factor in returns.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. I also report on pricing statistics, again broken down by industry grouping, with equity (PE, Price to Book, Price to Sales) and enterprise value (EV/EBIT, EV/EBITDA, EV/Sales, EV/Invested Capital) multiples.

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The Zomato IPO: A Bet on Big Markets and Platforms!

Musings on Markets

Uber's ownership in Zomato is a result of Zomato's acquisition of Uber Eats India, where Uber received a share of Zomato's equity in exchange. The second is the cost of capital, a number that most valuation classes and books (including mine) belabor to the point of diminishing returns.