Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

I have also developed a practice in the last decade of spending much of January exploring what the data tells us, and does not tell us, about the investing, financing and dividend choices that companies made during the most recent year. Beta & Risk 1. Tax rates 4. Costs of equity & capital 4. Financing Flows 5.

Dividends 106

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 106

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 21, 2023

No matter how you slice it, there is no denying that 2022 was the worst year for US equity investors since 2008, and the magnitude of the damage is even more staggering, if you consider it in market value terms. trillion in market capitalization, but for balance, it is also worth noting that US equities are still holding on to a gain of $6.9

Equity 95

Equity Risk Premium Start-ups Dividends 95

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The graph below contains Tesla's stock price, adjusted for stock splits, going back to 2010, and ending in November 2021: While the graph illustrates the surge in the stock price, the table embedded in the graph conveys the rise more vividly, by listing Tesla's market capitalization in millions of dollars. for mature markets.

Start-ups 101

Start-ups Dividends Marketability Market Capitalization 101

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In a post at the start of 2021 , I argued that while stocks entered the year at elevated levels, especially on historic metrics (such as PE ratios), they were priced to deliver reasonable returns, relative to very low risk free rates (with the treasury bond rate at 0.93% at the start of 2021).

Risk Premium 99

Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Start-ups Equity 99

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

After all, I have lived much of my professional life in financial markets, where we have always had access to lots of data and market prices are set by crowds of investors. Regional Breakdown My data sample for 2022 includes every publicly traded firm that is traded anywhere in the world, with a market capitalization that exceeds zero.

Risk Premium 99

Risk Premium Start-ups Market Capitalization Corporate Finance 99

Equidam

APRIL 22, 2025

The Purpose Across the Private Market Lifecycle Valuation is not a monolithic concept; its specific purpose and application evolve across different types of private market transactions, acting as a common language for assessing worth, albeit with different nuances depending on the context.

Discounted Cash Flow 64

Discounted Cash Flow Terminal Value Marketability EBITDA 64