Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In this post, I will start with a working definition of riskt that we can get some degree of agreement about, and then look at multiple measures of risk, both at the company and country level. In closing, I will talk about some of the more dangerous delusions that undercut good risk taking. What is risk?

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Musings on Markets

MAY 20, 2022

Historical Data: 1930-2019 To see how this framework works in practice, let's start by looking at the performance of US stocks, across the decades, and look at the returns on stocks, broadly categorized based on market capitalization and price to book ratios.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I was planning to start this post by telling you that Tesla was back in the news, but that would be misleading, since Tesla never leaves the news. As a lead in to updating the company’s valuation, it makes sense to start with the stock price, the market’s barometer for the company's health.

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ThomsonReuters

JULY 20, 2021

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Benzinga

MAY 11, 2022

SALT LAKE CITY, May 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation ("Sarcos") (NASDAQ: STRC ), a leader in the development of highly dexterous robotic systems that augment humans to enhance productivity and safety, today announced financial results for the quarter ending March 31, 2022. million for 2022.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In this post, I start by looking at the end game for businesses, and how that choice plays out in investment rules for these businesses, and then examine how much businesses generated in profits in 2023, scaled to both revenues and invested capital. The End Game in Business If you start a business, what is your end game? trillion ($1.8

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Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

Zomato, an Indian online food-delivery company, was opened up to public market investors on July 14, 2021, and its market debut is being watched for clues by a number of other online ventures in India, waiting in the wings to go public. The Zomato IPO clocks in at 420 pages , much of it designed to bore readers into submission.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Other technological innovations from these labs address everything from improving anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and easing underwriting processes to speeding up customer onboarding and improving cash management for small and midsize enterprise (SME) clients. We had automated machine-learning technology.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

I also start thinking about my passion, which is teaching, the spring semester to come, and the classes that I will be teaching, repeating a process that I have gone through every year since 1984, my first year as a teacher. Face up to uncertainty, rather than avoid or deny it : Uncertainty is a feature of investing/ business, not a bug.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

In my last post, I talked about the ritual that I go through every year ahead of my teaching each spring, and in this one, I will start on the first of a series of posts that I make at the start of each year, where I look at data, both macro and company-level. That is not true! Cost of Equity 1. PE & PEG 2. Cost of Debt 2.

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FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

From sophisticated design suites, like Adobe Creative Cloud , to mobile communication tools like WhatsApp , apps increasingly power the engine of technology. For example, Shopify is an e-commerce platform that allows online retailers to easily set up a digital storefront. Adobe Creative Cloud. Building Around Value.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 28, 2024

micro uncertainties, into discount rates, and in the process, they end up incorporating risk that investors can eliminate, often at no cost. He followed up by showing that holding diversified portfolios can deliver much higher returns, for given levels of risk, for all investors.

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Value Scope

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

It started sometime last year, during the fourth quarter. Technology. Unsuccessful investment in new technologies. Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. Beta measures systemic risk, and the performance of a company as compared with a broad index like the S&P 500 or the Russell 2000. Exposure to litigation.

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Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 10, 2022

But before delving into the exit opportunities and the long-term outlook, let’s start with the fundamentals: Oil & Gas Investment Banking Defined. Because the risk of searching for new energy sources and experimentally drilling is so high, many E&P firms set up joint ventures to distribute the risk. TechnipFMC (U.K.),

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That may reflect the concern that once a person or entity starts borrowing to fund its needs, it is easy to overuse debt, and risk its wellbeing in the process. In that case, the optimal debt ratio for a company is the one that maximizes value, not necessarily the one at which the cost of capital is minimized.

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 30, 2025

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JUNE 24, 2025

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Law 360 M&A

JUNE 18, 2025

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JUNE 9, 2025

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JUNE 27, 2025

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JUNE 6, 2025

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Benzinga

MAY 13, 2025

The most common cause of dementia, AD begins with the appearance of a build-up of proteins in the brain in the form of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, the key defining features of the presence of the disease. The Company plans to open the world's first dedicated AD diagnostic and treatment medical clinic in the U.S.

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Equidam

APRIL 22, 2025

23] , [24] , [25] This average serves as a starting point, which is then adjusted upwards or downwards based on the specific startup’s relative strengths and weaknesses across several key criteria. [21] Beta: While specific to the company and its industry, overall market volatility can influence industry betas relative to the market. [23]

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