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What Is Risk-Free Rate?

Andrew Stolz

Definition of Risk-Free Rate. The risk-free rate is the minimum rate of return on an investment with theoretically no risk. Government bonds are considered risk-free because technically, a government can always print money to pay its bondholders. Anticipated rate of inflation.

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Financing Year in Review: The Tide Turns

Harvard Corporate Governance

Looking ahead to 2023, with risk-free rates and credit spreads still elevated and the credit, deal making, regulatory and geopolitical environments uncertain, corporate borrowers and sponsors will need to plan rigorously to succeed on levered acquisitions and spin-offs and important refinancings. over the same period.

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Country Risk: A 2022 Mid-year Update!

Musings on Markets

Country Risk: Currency and Cost of Capital As a final part to this post, to see the shifts in country risk that we have seen in 2022, let’s start with an assessment of risk free rates.

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What Is Equity Risk Premium?

Andrew Stolz

Risk-free rate: The risk-free rate is the government bonds yield; therefore, it is strongly influenced by the inflation rate. Additional factors that influence the risk-free rate are macroeconomic factors, monetary policies, external and structural factors. Dividends .

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Understanding Discount Rates – Parts 1 through 5

Exit Strategy

The Risk Free Rate – Part 1 of 5 One of the most important inputs surrounding the valuation of the business is the discount rate that is used in the analysis. This discount rate is the expected rate of return on the subject interest which in most cases is the equity in the value of […].

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What is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?

Andrew Stolz

It helps an investor understand what to expect to earn in relation to the risk-free rate and the market return. CAPM assumes that the minimum a rational investor would earn is the risk-free rate by buying the risk-free asset. How Do You Calculate the Capital Asset Pricing Model? E(r) = Rf + ??(Rm

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

Musings on Markets

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).