Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In the first few weeks of 2022, we have had repeated reminders from the market that risk never goes away for good, even in the most buoyant markets, and that when it returns, investors still seem to be surprised that it is there.

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Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Last Wednesday (August 28), the market waited with bated breath for Nvidia’s earning call, scheduled for after the market closed. This dance between companies and investors, playing out in expected and actual earnings, is a feature of every earnings season, especially so in the United States, and it has always fascinated me.

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Musings on Markets

MAY 20, 2022

I then examine how equities have performed in the less than five months of 2022, where inflation has returned to the front pages. In 2022, the collective market capitalization of all US firms has dropped by 19.75% , with the bulk of the drop occurring after April 1, 2022.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

I am not a market prognosticator for a simple reason. I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate why market timing is often the impossible dream, something that every investor aspires to be successful at, but very few succeed on a consistent basis.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

That said, about 31% of the net profits of all publicly traded firms listed globally in 2021 were generated by financial service firms; that percent is lower in the US and higher in emerging markets. IFRS and GAAP now treat as leases as debt, but that is still not the case in many other markets that are not covered by either standard).

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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. at the start of that year.

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FE International

MARCH 23, 2022

As the market-leading advisor for SaaS business sales, the team at FE International answers questions every day about the best practices of selling a SaaS business and which SaaS metrics should be measured. Crucially, any owner salary/dividends can be added back to the profit number, too. How Much Churn?

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Benzinga

APRIL 5, 2023

FedEx Consolidates Express and Other Units Under CEO Subramaniam To Save $4B In Costs, Boosts FY24 Dividend By 10% FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX ) shared plans to bring FedEx Express , FedEx Ground , FedEx Services , and other FedEx operating companies into Federal Express Corporation , becoming a single company by June 2024. per share, to $5.04

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Benzinga

APRIL 26, 2023

Salisbury"), (NASDAQ Capital Market: "SAL"), the holding company for Salisbury Bank and Trust Company (the "Bank"), announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023. per basic common share, for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022 (fourth quarter 2022), and $3.5 million, or 33.8%, from first quarter 2022.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 17, 2024

While stocks had their ups and downs during the year, they ended the year strong, and recouped, at least in the aggregate, most of the losses from 2022. Energy, one of the few survivors of the 2022 market sell-off, had a bad year, as did utilities and consumer staples. increase in market capitalization.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 5, 2023

If you have been reading my posts, you know that I have an obsession with equity risk premiums, which I believe lie at the center of almost every substantive debate in markets and investing. The risk premium that you demand has different names in different markets.

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Andrew Stolz

JANUARY 17, 2022

Value play with strong dividend growth potential. Leading role in EV and hydrogen to reclaim market share. China is by far the strongest and fastest-growing market for heavy duty trucks in the world. It is the primary market for the company to realize future growth opportunities. Download the full report as a PDF.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

I have also developed a practice in the last decade of spending much of January exploring what the data tells us, and does not tell us, about the investing, financing and dividend choices that companies made during the most recent year.

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Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 3, 2024

The markets in 2023 were almost a complete reversal of 2022, and hardly anyone – me included – saw it coming. On the other hand, I was only down 9% in 2022 vs. a 19% drop for the S&P, so both the index and my portfolio are now back to “early 2022” numbers.

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Valutico

AUGUST 23, 2022

Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 23 August 2022. It is one of the 10 largest companies in the world with a market capitalisation of ~$450 billion and is based in Taiwan. In April 2022, TSM reported record revenue of $5.94 compared to the first quarter of 2022. The current dividend yield is 2.14%. billion, up 35.5%

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Benzinga

APRIL 28, 2023

The contagion of those three troubled institutions affected just about every other bank in the country in the quality of operating performance and the performance of each company's stock in the market. With the success of the first quarter, the Board announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 Deposits grew $99.8

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Benzinga

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Net income attributable to common shareholders for the third quarter 2022 of $11.3 Third quarter 2022 operating funds from operations ("FFO") per diluted share of $0.27. Same property net operating income ("NOI"), for the nine month period ending September 30, 2022, grew 5.4% million , or $0.13 from $1.01

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 19, 2022

It is based on the firm’s memorandum, “Proposed 2022 DGCL Amendments Include Significant Changes Addressing Exculpation of Officers, Appraisal Rights and Domestication-Related Transactions,” dated April 18, 2022, and available here. Moreover, the same exclusions from exculpation applicable to directors (i.e.,

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Benzinga

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

(NASDAQ: ROIC ) announced today financial and operating results for the year and three months ended December 31, 2022. YEAR 2022 HIGHLIGHTS $51.9 growth in Funds From Operations per diluted share (2022 vs. 2021) 4.6% increase in same-center cash net operating income (2022 vs. 2021) 98.1% YEAR 2022 HIGHLIGHTS $51.9

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Valutico

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 2 September 2022. This was an important step as the competition, such as the likes of Burger King, is already offering all their burgers as plant based versions in certain markets. This year McDonald’s will pay out a dividend of USD 5.52. The current market cap is USD 193 billion.

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Andrew Stolz

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Superior network quality helps to defend market share. While the mobile market in the Philippines is already quite mature, PLDT sees good growth prospects for home broadband. Superior network quality helps to defend market share. Maintaining a superior quality is necessary to avoid losing customers in a mature market.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

In 2022, I decided that I had hit critical mass, in terms of corporate life cycle content, and that the material could be organized as a book. With declining businesses, facing shrinking revenues and margins, it is cash return or dividend policy that moves into the front seat.

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Benzinga

JULY 26, 2022

July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First National Corporation (the "Company" or "First National") (NASDAQ: FXNC ), the bank holding company of First Bank (the "Bank"), reported unaudited consolidated net income of $3.8 per basic and diluted share, for the second quarter of 2022. for the second quarter of 2022, compared to $0.60

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 6, 2024

trillion worldwide in 2022, according to the 2023 Global Wellness Economy Monitor report, which predicted it will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 8.6% Bhutan now allows foreign investors to repatriate dividends, and the limit on leases of state land was extended this year from 30 years to 99. The sector reached an impressive $5.6

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Musings on Markets

MAY 6, 2022

The nature of markets is that they are never quite settled, as investors recalibrate expectations constantly and reset prices. Clearly, we are not in one of those time periods, as markets approach bipolar territory, with big moves up and down.

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Valutico

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 30 September 2022. Founded in 1995, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace company with a $106 billion market capitalization. . Founded in 1995, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a Bethesda, Maryland-based aerospace company with a $106 billion market capitalization. .

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations (“Covered Corporations”) effected after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”). [1] This post highlights key guidance from the Notice as it relates to common M&A and capital market transactions.

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Benzinga

OCTOBER 31, 2022

31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Partners Bancorp (NASDAQ: PTRS ) (the "Company"), the parent company of The Bank of Delmarva ("Delmarva"), Seaford, Delaware, and Virginia Partners Bank ("Virginia Partners"), Fredericksburg, Virginia, reported net income attributable to the Company of $4.1 SALISBURY, Md., million, or $0.23 million or 52.5%

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Valutico

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 7 October 2022. billion in the third quarter of 2022 and therefore was not able to meet the expectations of the analysts who estimated revenue of USD 15.69 billion to their shareholders as the company repurchased shares and paid out dividends. billion worth of the company in April 2022.

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Benzinga

APRIL 12, 2023

The company believes this required Form 10 information was filed in aggregate through its filing of Form 8-K on January 27, 2022, Form 10-K on April 13, 2022, and Form 10-Q on May 20, 2022, and this thereby establishes May 20, 2023, as the one-year anniversary of such Form 10 information filing.

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Andrew Stolz

JANUARY 16, 2022

The hedge fund values the e-commerce business as a stand-alone business more than the total market cap of Kohl’s. Share repurchases and dividends. Kohl’s share price has chronically underperformed the market. The dividend yield could return to 5% in 2022. Changes like: Board composition. Advancing ESG issues.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

As we get deeper into earnings season for the third quarter of 2022, the biggest negative surprises are coming from technology companies, with the tech giants leading the way. The Market Journey Facebook is a young company, at least in chronological time, having been public for just over a decade.

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Valutico

MARCH 20, 2023

HSBC Holdings plc Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 20 March 2023 Link to the valuation Context The past weeks, the financial market was rattled by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the go-to bank for tech startups, serving half of America’s venture capital-backed tech firms. HSBC is also planning a special dividend of $0.21

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Benzinga

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The CSHG Real Estate platform is one of the most relevant players in the Brazilian REIT market, ranking top 5 in market share and investing across a diverse range of market strategies including Logistics, Retail, Office and Receivables. GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Dec. Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Shephard Mullin M&A

MARCH 5, 2024

2022-1001-KSJM, 2024 WL 863290 (Del. Practitioners should pay close attention to the Court’s holdings here as it may vary from what some consider customary market practice. On January 17, 2022, the Activision Board met to approve the merger with Microsoft. In Ap-Fonden v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. ,

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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. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a non-profit that tracks the growth of this investing movement, estimated that more than $1.16

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Valutico

MARCH 28, 2023

UBS Group AG Weekly Valuation – Valutico | 28 March 2023 Link to the valuation Context In recent days, the financial markets have experienced increased turmoil, causing growing concerns about financial stability. As a result, they have been pouring into money market funds at the highest rate since the COVID pandemic began.

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