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Good (Bad) Banks and Good (Bad) Investments: At the right price.

Musings on Markets

While differentiating between good and bad banks can be straightforward, it does not follow that buying good banks and selling bad banks is a good investment strategy, since its success depends entirely on what the market is incorporating into stock prices.

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Earnings and Cash Flows: A Primer on Free Cash Flow

Musings on Markets

It is never pleasant to be in the midst of a market correction, but a market correction does operate as a cleanser for excesses that enter into even the most disciplined investors' playbooks in the good times. Pricing The final arena where free cash flows can be used is in pricing, and more specifically, in scaling market price.