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Unlocking the Hidden Value: Exploring the Relationship between Retained Earnings and Business Valuation

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As an essential component of shareholders' equity, retained earnings reflect the accumulated profits that a company has chosen to reinvest rather than distribute as dividends. Calculating retained earnings is relatively straightforward, involving subtracting dividends and distributions from net income over a specific period.

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

Along the way, more people than I ever imagined have found my data of use, and while I still have no desire to be a data service, I have an obligation to be transparent about my data analysis processes. Return on Equity 1. Dividends and Potential Dividends (FCFE) 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2.

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

Musings on Markets

The second was that, starting mid-year in 2020, equity markets and the real economy moved in different directions, with the former rising on the expectations a post-virus future, and the latter languishing, as most of the world continued to operate with significant constraints.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. The second is that in my line of work, which is corporate finance and valuation, the numbers I need lie in micro or company-level data, not in the macro space. Cost of Equity 1. Standard deviations in equity and firm value 4.