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Return on Equity, Earnings Yield and Market Efficiency: Back to Basics!

Musings on Markets

The first was the response that I received to my last data update , where I looked at the profitability of businesses, and specifically at how a comparison of accounting returns on equity (capital) to costs of equity (capital) can yield a measure of excess returns.

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Dark Accounting Matter

Harvard Corporate Governance

The S&P 500 currently trades at a price to book value of 4.2, suggesting that book value accounts for less than 20% of the S&P 500’s market value. more…)

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What Is The Difference Between Market Value and Book Value?

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Market value and book value with two definitions of value. Market value or relevant market value for companies traded on various stock exchanges. That is, the market value expresses the value of all the company shares on a particular day. The reason is simple.

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Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Musings on Markets

In corporate finance and investing, which are areas that I work in, I find myself doing double takes as I listen to politicians, market experts and economists making statements about company and market behavior that are fairy tales, and data is often my weapon for discerning the truth. Return on Equity 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2.

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9 Startup Valuation Methods: 5 to Use, 4 to Avoid

Equidam

This approach encourages dialogue focused on the business fundamentals the team, the market opportunity, the product, the financial projections rather than anchoring the conversation to arbitrary figures potentially derived from selectively chosen, and often inappropriate, market comparisons.

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Market Resilience or Investors In Denial? A Mid-year Assessment for 2023!

Musings on Markets

I am not a market prognosticator for a simple reason. I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate why market timing is often the impossible dream, something that every investor aspires to be successful at, but very few succeed on a consistent basis.

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Net Asset Method of Valuation of Shares: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide

RNC

For a deeper understanding of alternative approaches, including NAVs role compared to earnings-based and market-based methods. The Net Asset Method is particularly suitable in scenarios where a companys primary value is derived from its tangible assets rather than future earnings potential. When Should You Use the Net Asset Method?