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

Andrew Stolz

JANUARY 17, 2022

Leading role in EV and hydrogen to reclaim market share. However, most recently, the 50 DMA started to rise, and it seems like it can cross the 200DMA very soon. China is by far the strongest and fastest-growing market for heavy duty trucks in the world. With the acquisition, Volvo aims to ramp up its sales in China.

Marketability 52

Marketability Dividends Net Debt Start-ups 52

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. Ukraine, a part of the Soviet Union, has had its shares of ups and downs, and its economic footprint is even smaller.

Start-ups 100

Start-ups Risk Premium Equity Market Capitalization 100

Andrew Stolz

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Strong ROE and ROIC might be overlooked by the market. The efforts start to pay off as the operating profit achieves a higher level. Strong ROE and ROIC might be overlooked by the market. Both ROIC and ROE could climb up to 20% in 21E. The company started to reduce its long-term debt. Conclusions.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Net Debt Beta Equity 52

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. Even government-owned businesses fall under its umbrella, with the key difference being that equity is provided by the taxpayers.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Andrew Stolz

JANUARY 28, 2022

Domestic market still not fully penetrated yet. The share price is up 35% YTD. Gazprom’s major export market is Europe, which committed to an ambitious transition to green energy. Western countries fear that Russia starts to gain control over Ukraine again. Domestic market still not fully penetrated yet.

Risk-free Rate 52

Risk-free Rate Net Debt Start-ups Marketability 52

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In response, I have been told that the problem is not with the idea of ESG, but in its measurement and application, and that impact investing is the solution to both market and society's problems. If impact investing were measured entirely on fund flows into green energy companies and out of fossil fuel companies, it has clearly succeeded.

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Market Capitalization Enterprise Value Start-ups Marketability 82