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Beyond the Hype: Credible Valuation for AI Startups

Equidam

Against the backdrop of a frosty market for startup fundraising, AI companies are raising large rounds on fairly relaxed terms. Market Potential: top-down perspective One of the crucial factors to consider is the market in which an AI company operates.

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Understanding Startup Valuation: Intuitions from real estate

Equidam

Market conditions can fluctuate widely, and a property’s worth can be affected by both micro and macroeconomic factors that are often difficult to predict. This is where the art of valuation meets the science, requiring a blend of data analysis and market insight which can help you to arrive at a credible assessment of worth.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Brian DeChesare

Regional market dynamics are important here, as are your relationships with the buyers, sellers, and freighters. You focus on fundamental analysis , such as supply and demand curves, and you usually specialize in one commodity. The downside is that it takes a long time to get your own book, which creates a lot of market/cyclical risk.

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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.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

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. That said, to use mean reversion in analysis or investing, you need to know what these averages are, either over time or across companies, and data can help in that pursuit.