Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I was planning to finish my last two data updates for 2024, but decided to take a break and look at the seven stocks (Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla) which carried the market in 2023. In terms of dollar value added, Microsoft and Apple each added a trillion dollars to their market capitalizations, during the year.

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Marketability Market Capitalization Start-ups Equity 115

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

As the world's attention is focused on the war in the Ukraine, it is the human toll, in death and injury, that should get our immediate attention, and you may find a focus on economics and markets to be callous. The increase in default spreads was not restricted to foreign markets, as fear also pushed up spreads in the corporate bond market.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Risk Premium Equity Market Capitalization 100

Andrew Stolz

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Highlights: End markets mature, no opportunities to grow. End markets mature, no opportunities to grow. ROEC’s revenue is mainly dependent on the growth of the end markets such as computers, phones, and tablets. A mature market for smartphones translates into low demand for displays and ROEC’s backlights. Conclusions.

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Dividends Net Debt EBIT Marketability 52

Valutico

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

There are three primary approaches under which most valuation methods sit, which include the income approach, market approach, and asset-based approach. The market approach compares the company to similar publicly traded businesses, or those recently sold or involved in some transaction. How Do I Value a Business?

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Intangible Assets Discounted Cash Flow Book Value EBITDA 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Note that this framework applies for all businesses, from the smallest, privately owned businesses, where debt takes the form of bank loans and even credit card borrowing and equity is owner savings, the largest publicly traded companies, where debt can be in the form of corporate bonds and equity is shares held by public market investors.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Musings on Markets

JUNE 23, 2023

The first is that my portfolio has held up well this year, in a market that has been top-heavy and tech-driven, and one big reason is that it contains both NVIDIA and Microsoft, two companies that have benefited from the AI story. Love-Hate Relationship with Markets! I will start this post with a couple of confessions.

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Start-ups Marketability Market Capitalization Technology 91