Musings on Markets

MAY 7, 2023

I also used the banking framework to argue that good banks have stickier deposits, with a higher precent of these deposits being non-interest bearing, that they invest in loans and investment securities on which they earn interest rates that cover and exceed the default risk in these investments. All Equity, All the time!

Banking 92

Banking Price to Book Dividends Book Value 92

Global Finance

JULY 23, 2024

The plan by the Big Three banks to unwind their cross-shareholdings points to a long-awaited turn to better corporate governance. As such, the big banks’ pledges suggest that Japanese business is taking the need for change seriously, Wu says. The announcements in June by Japan’s three megabanks that they will sell $5.4

Price to Book 111

Price to Book Banking Dividends Equity 111

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2022

While we have increasingly given central banks primacy in discussions of interest rates, it remains my view that markets set rates, and while central banks can nudge market expectations, they cannot alter them.

Risk-free Rate 99

Risk-free Rate Treasury Price to Book Start-ups 99

Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

In my second data update post from the start of this year , I looked at US equities in 2022, with the S&P 500 down almost 20% during the year and the NASDAQ, overweighted in technology, feeling even more pain, down about a third, during the year. US Equities in 2023: Into the Weeds! that was lost last year.

Marketability 98

Marketability Risk Premium Start-ups Treasury 98

Musings on Markets

MARCH 25, 2021

The first quarter of 2021 has been, for the most part, a good time for equity markets, but there have been surprises. Those rates stayed low through the rest of 2020, even as equity markets recovered and corporate bond spreads fell back to pre-crisis levels. to close to zero, and the ten-year T.Bond rate declining to close to 0.70%.

Equity 52

Equity Risk-free Rate Treasury Start-ups 52

Equilest

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

These interviews are not just a mere formality but a critical component of the hiring process in finance, investment banking, and consulting. Understanding the Concept: In essence, FCFF encapsulates the cash that can be distributed to both debt and equity holders after meeting operational needs and capital expenditures.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Dividends Enterprise Value Terminal Value 52

Valutico

MAY 6, 2024

Analysts use financial metrics and multiples such as Price to Earnings (P/E), Price to Book (P/B), Enterprise Value to Sales (EV/Sales), Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA), and Price to Book (P/B) ratios derived from trading data of similar public companies or deal pricing data of similar M&A transactions.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Precedent Transaction Analysis Weighted Average Cost of Capital Comparable Company Analysis 52