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

Musings on Markets

Return on Equity 1. Equity Risk Premiums 2. Costs of equity & capital 4. Costs of equity & capital 1. Fundamental Growth in Equity Earnings 2. Return on Equity 2. Standard Deviation in Equity/Firm Value 2. EBIT & EBITDA multiple s 5. Beta & Risk 1. Debt Details 1. Buybacks 2.

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Brian DeChesare

The fundamentals do not relate to EBITDA , Free Cash Flow , or valuation multiples but to factors like the weather, human behavior, geopolitics, and supply and demand. For example, you could start trading a slightly more accessible product (equities, options, etc.) Start in trading and pivot into commodities.

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Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data

Musings on Markets

Thus, as you peruse my historical data on implied equity risk premiums or PE ratios for the S&P 500 over time, you may be tempted to compute averages and use them in your investment strategies, or use my industry averages for debt ratios and pricing multiples as the target for every company in the peer group, but you should hold back.