Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

First, let's look at the performance of these seven stocks in 2023, when their collective market capitalization increased by a staggering $5.1 In terms of dollar value added, Microsoft and Apple each added a trillion dollars to their market capitalizations, during the year. trillion during the course of the year.

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Marketability Market Capitalization Start-ups Equity 115

Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

The Lead In To understand the market effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we need to start with an assessment of the two countries, and their places in the global political, economic and market landscape, leading in.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Risk Premium Equity Market Capitalization 100

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The effect of impact investing in the inclusionary and exclusionary paths is through the stock price , with the buying (selling) in inclusionary (exclusionary) investing pushing stock prices up (down), which, in turn, decreases (increases) the costs of equity and capital at these firms. in the 1998-2010 time period to 5.95

Market Capitalization 82

Market Capitalization Enterprise Value Start-ups Marketability 82

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While it is a financial decision, it is one that is freighted with moral overtones, since almost every religion inveighs against debt's sins, labeling those who lend as sinners and those who borrow as weak. A growing firm needs capital to fund its growth, and that capital has to come from equity issuances or new borrowing.

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Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Musings on Markets

JUNE 23, 2023

I will start this post with a couple of confessions. 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. Sustained Profitability, with Cycles!

Start-ups 91

Start-ups Marketability Market Capitalization Technology 91