Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

Consider, for instance, an investor who picks stocks based upon price to book ratios, who finds a stock trading at a price to book ratio of 1.5. By focusing so much attention on a small subset of companies, you risk developing tunnel vision, especially when doing peer group comparisons.

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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.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

It would be churlish on my part to take issue with the bloat and selective disclosure in Zomato's prospectus, since they are following the script that other technology companies around the world have written for going public, but it is frustrating to read through 420 pages, and still be left in the dark on key numbers.

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Marketability Start-ups Equity Price to Book 86