Valutico

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The discount rate effectively encapsulates the risk associated with an investment; riskier investments attract a higher discount rate. Different types of discount rates such as risk-free rate, cost of equity, or cost of debt, are used contextually in financial analysis.

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

Andrew Stolz

AUGUST 5, 2020

It helps an investor understand what to expect to earn in relation to the risk-free rate and the market return. CAPM assumes that the minimum a rational investor would earn is the risk-free rate by buying the risk-free asset. beta of a stock). E(r) = Rf + ??(Rm

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

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 28, 2024

In short, if you don't like betas and have disdain for modern portfolio theory, your choice should not be to abandon risk measurement all together, but to come up with an alternative risk measure that is more in sync with your view of the world.

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Risk Premium Beta Start-ups Equity 93

Andrew Stolz

MARCH 20, 2020

The formula implies the return an investor expects from a risk-free investment plus the return from the stock in relation to market volatility. The market risk premium is calculated from a market rate of return less a risk-free rate. Suitability and limitation. Conclusion.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From a hurdle rate perspective, this implies that companies, where the marginal investors (who own a lot of stock and trade that stock) are diversified, should incorporate only macroeconomic or market risk into hurdle rates. More on that issue in a future data update post.)

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Risk-free Rate Risk Premium Start-ups Equity 52

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 64

Banking Risk-free Rate Equity Start-ups 64

Valutico

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Rf = Risk-free Rate. B = Beta. (Rm Rm – Rf) = Equity Market Risk Premium. DCF WACC—similar to the above except that it calculates a different WACC in each forecast period based on a changing capital structure (D/E) and thus a changing beta in each period. Risk free rate (can use 10y Treasury).

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Terminal Value Weighted Average Cost of Capital Net Present Value 52