Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

After paying taxes on this income, the residual amount represents net income, the final measure of equity earnings, and the basis for computing earnings per share and other widely used measures of profitability used by equity investors.

Start-ups 80

Start-ups Equity Book Value Marketability 80

Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Does the list vary for private equity and hedge funds ? The list would be nearly the same for private equity, but you might see more variability for hedge funds. Q: How will this new environment affect private equity? Q: Forget ranking banks and schools. will all decrease in dollar terms.

Banking 85

Banking Start-ups Finance EBITDA 85

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Accounting 101 I am not an accountant, and have no desire to be one, but I have used their output (accounting statements) as raw material in valuation and corporate finance. The income statement , which reports on how much a business earned in the period of analysis, while providing detail on revenues and expenses.

Finance 74

Finance Start-ups Equity Equity Financing 74

Brian DeChesare

APRIL 13, 2022

They all think they can make a fortune buying and selling stocks; in other words, they’re fans of the long/short equity strategy. When the average person thinks of hedge funds, long/short equity is often the first thing that comes to mind. Probably 90% of hedge fund stock pitches use long/short equity or related strategies.

Equity 91

Equity Start-ups Banking Marketability 91

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my last three posts, I looked at the macro (equity risk premiums, default spreads, risk free rates) and micro (company risk measures) that feed into the expected returns we demand on investments, and argued that these expected returns become hurdle rates for businesses, in the form of costs of equity and capital.

Equity 79

Equity Book Value Start-ups Corporate Finance 79

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

In my corporate finance class, I describe all decisions that companies make as falling into one of three buckets – investing decisions, financing decision and dividend decisions. Return on Equity 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2. Costs of equity & capital 4. Financing Flows 5. Return on Equity 2.

Dividends 98

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 98

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

By the same token, it is impossible to use a pricing metric (PE or EV to EBITDA), without a sense of the cross sectional distribution of that metric at the time. Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. Cost of Equity 1. EV/EBIT and EV/EBITDA 4.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Brian DeChesare

MARCH 8, 2023

The fundamentals do not relate to EBITDA , Free Cash Flow , or valuation multiples but to factors like the weather, human behavior, geopolitics, and supply and demand. For example, you could start trading a slightly more accessible product (equities, options, etc.) Start in trading and pivot into commodities.

Finance 109

Finance Start-ups Banking Alpha 109

Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” Distressed assets offer non-correlated returns, similar to global macro.”

Equity 88

Equity Banking EBITDA Start-ups 88

Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. To illustrate the heat that buybacks evoke, consider two stories in the last two weeks where they have been in the news.

Dividends 91

Dividends Start-ups Finance Corporate Finance 91

Brian DeChesare

JUNE 1, 2022

Power and Utilities Investment Banking Definition: In power/utilities IB, bankers advise companies that produce, transmit, and distribute electricity, natural gas, and water on raising debt and equity and completing mergers and acquisitions. For example, let’s say the company’s Rate Base is $1,000, as in the Lazard example above.

Banking 96

Banking Equity Book Value Capital Structure 96