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Dark Accounting Matter

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Colleen Honigsberg (Stanford Law School), on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Editor's Note: Colleen Honigsberg is Associate Dean of Curriculum and Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. The S&P 500 currently trades at a price to book value of 4.2, This post is based on her recent paper. more…)

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

Musings on Markets

Thus, looking at only the companies in the S&P 500 may give you more reliable data, with fewer missing observations, but your results will reflect what large market cap companies in any sector or industry do, rather than what is typical for that industry.

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Data Update 5 for 2024: Profitability - The End Game for Business?

Musings on Markets

For decades, the notion of maximizing value has been central to corporate finance, though there have been disagreements about whether maximizing stock prices would get you the same outcome, since that latter requires assumptions about market efficiency. Data Update 2 for 2024: A Stock Comeback - Winning the Expectations Game!

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3 Blue Chip Opportunities the Market Overlooked—Now's Your Chance

Benzinga

The stock market's insatiable appetite for high-growth stories often leaves a trail of undervalued opportunities in its wake. Blue-chip stocks are the corporate world's stalwarts and frequently get overshadowed by the allure of the latest market darlings. A closer look at Cisco's valuation reveals potential undervaluation.

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Provident Financial Services, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results Inclusive of Merger-Related Costs and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Benzinga

July 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provident Financial Services, Inc. per basic and diluted share for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to net income of $32.1 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and $32.0 For the six months ended June 30, 2024, net income totaled $20.6

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The Corporate Life Cycle: Corporate Finance, Valuation and Investing Implications!

Musings on Markets

While the writing for the book was largely done by November 2022, publishing does have a long lead time, and the book, published by Penguin Random House, will be available on August 20, 2024, at a book shop near you. If you are concerned that you are going to be hit with a sales pitch for that book, far from it!

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Boom Or Bust? PacWest, Bank Of California Analysts React To Transformational Bank Merger

Benzinga

PacWest's tangible book value had been improving since widespread banking issues rocked the industry earlier this year. Ultimately, the Wedbush analyst believes the deal will go through at the beginning of 2024, but he wouldn't be surprised to see some shareholder dissent and the potential emergence of a third-party bid.

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