Corporate Finance Dividends Treasury 
Brian DeChesare
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. In my view, corporate finance jobs are not ideal “stepping stone roles.”
Musings on Markets
JULY 31, 2025
Country Risk - Equity Risk Premiums My interest in country risk stems almost entirely from my work in corporate finance and valuation, since this risk finds its way into the costs of equity and capital that are critical ingredients in both disciplines. To estimate the cost of equity for an investment in a risky country.
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Musings on Markets
JANUARY 10, 2025
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. Dividends and Potential Dividends (FCFE) 1.
Musings on Markets
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
I spend most of my time in the far less rarefied air of corporate finance and valuation, where businesses try to decide what projects to invest in, and investors attempt to estimate business value.
Global Finance
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Corporate treasury professionals are reassessing investment strategies to stay agile and conserve cash amid interest rate shifts and geopolitical uncertainty. A sense of nervousness amid ongoing global disruption pervades strategic thinking across global treasury functions.
Musings on Markets
AUGUST 5, 2023
Corporate Finance : The role of the equity risk premium in determining the expected return on a stock makes it a key input in corporate finance, as well, because that expected return becomes the company's cost of equity. 00254 + 1.4543 (.04)
Musings on Markets
JANUARY 9, 2021
The first is that I do not have a macro focus, and my interests in macro variables occur only in the context of corporate finance or valuation issues. If you use it at their jobs as corporate finance or equity analysts, I am glad to take some of that burden off you, and I hope that you find more enjoyable uses for the time you save.
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