Musings on Markets

JANUARY 19, 2022

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). The year that was.

Risk Premium 99

Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Start-ups Equity 99

IVSC

JUNE 12, 2023

In 2011, Carla completed a one-year rotation in Kroll's London office, where she promoted the firm's IFRS education efforts and marketing initiatives, and dealt with IFRS implementation issues. She was also a contributing author to the chapter "Risk-Free Rate" in the fifth edition.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 21, 2023

It is the nature of stocks that you have good years and bad ones, and much as we like to forget about the latter during market booms, they recur at regular intervals, if for no other reason than to remind us that risk is not an abstraction, and that stocks don't always win, even in the long term.

Equity 96

Equity Risk Premium Start-ups Dividends 96

ThomsonReuters

MAY 6, 2021

An entity may draw from its own experience as well as that of its peers, industry, geography, market, or other pertinent source. The Codification often provides guidance on how to select a discount rate for a particular area of accounting. The risk premium may incorporate factors such as credit risk or market illiquidity.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Intangible Assets 52

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I have been writing about, and valuing, Tesla for most of its lifetime in public markets, and while it remains a company that draws strong reactions, it is also one that I truly enjoy valuing. In June 2019, Tesla had hit a rough spot, partly due to concerns about production bottlenecks and debt, and partly due to self inflicted wounds.

Start-ups 101

Start-ups Dividends Marketability Market Capitalization 101

Andrew Stolz

MARCH 20, 2020

This is a Valuation Master Class student essay by Teeradon Piyakiattisuk from March 19, 2019. The formula implies the return an investor expects from a risk-free investment plus the return from the stock in relation to market volatility. WACC is viewed as the overall required rate of return on a firm as a whole.

Beta 52

Beta Capital Structure Risk-free Rate Weighted Average Cost of Capital 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 26, 2023

My last valuation of Tesla was in November 2021, towards its market peak, and given its steep fall from grace, in conjunction with Elon Musk's Twitter experiment, it is time for a revisit.

Start-ups 99

Start-ups Marketability Risk Premium Equity 99