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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. Beta & Risk 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2.

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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

These assertions may very well be true, but cheap and expensive, at least in pricing terms, is relative, and looking at the data can help you detect rules of thumb that work from those that do not. While its focus is naturally on the US economy, inflation and rates, there is data for the rest of the world as well. Cost of Debt 2.