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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. For example, I have seen it asserted that a stock that trades at less than book value is cheap or that a stock that trades at more than twenty times EBITDA is expensive.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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The overriding message in all of this data is that Russia/Ukraine war has unleashed fears in the bond market, and once unleashed that fear has pushed up worries about default and default risk premia across the board.

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Buy the Dip: The Draw and Dangers of Contrarian Investing!

Musings on Markets

As a constrained contrarian, you are hoping to avoid value traps , every value investor's nightmare , where a company looks cheap on a pricing basis (low PE, low price to book) and proceeds to become even cheaper after you buy it. Contrarian Investing: The Psychological Tests!

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