Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The first is that if markets are efficient, the price to book ratios will reflect the quality of these companies. In this example, for instance, business A, with a market value of equity of $150 million and a book value of equity of $60 million, will trade at 2.50

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

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. I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. Price to Book 3.

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Musings on Markets

MAY 24, 2021

Implicit in this definition are two key components of inflation. The first is that to define purchasing power, you have to start with a definition of what you are purchasing, and this detail, as we will see, can lead to differences in inflation measured over a given period, across measures/services.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

The second is the cost of capital, a number that most valuation classes and books (including mine) belabor to the point of diminishing returns. Finally, dismissing Zomato as an investment, just because it does not make money now, or fails to meet some conventional value tests on pricing (PE, Price to Book), is investing malpractice.

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