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Data Update 2 for 2022: US Stocks kept winning in 2021, but…

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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).

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Data Update 1 for 2022: It is Moneyball Time!

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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.

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Tesla's Trillion Dollar Moment: A Valuation Revisit!

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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.

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

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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.

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Data Update 2 for 2023: A Rocky Year for Equities!

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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

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