Valutico

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC): WACC is the average rate of return a company is expected to provide to all its investors, including equity and debt holders. It is calculated by weighting the cost of equity and cost of debt based on their proportions in the capital structure.

Discounted Cash Flow 52

Discounted Cash Flow Risk Premium Risk-free Rate Beta 52

Brian DeChesare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Distressed Debt Hedge Funds Definition: Distressed debt hedge funds buy and sell debt that is trading at a steep discount to face value, such as 40%+, and make money by betting on changes in the price of this debt or using it to gain influence in a restructuring or bankruptcy process.

Equity 103

Equity Banking EBITDA Start-ups 103

Brian DeChesare

JULY 27, 2022

Credit Hedge Fund Definition: Credit hedge funds buy and sell fixed-income securities, such as high-yield bonds, distressed bonds, structured credit, and their derivatives; they profit by setting up trades that reduce one type of credit risk while betting on mispriced securities whose prices are likely to change in the future.

Equity 52

Equity Start-ups Private Equity Firm Beta 52

Brian DeChesare

MAY 24, 2023

But, as usual, I want to start with the definitions and fund types: What is an “Event-Driven Hedge Fund”? Capital Structure Trades – Or you could focus on Jacobs’ ~$4 billion in debt and long or short some of their bonds (or use credit default swaps) if you believe its credit rating will change once the deal takes place.

Equity 64

Equity Start-ups EBITDA Banking 64

Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 10, 2022

Oil & Gas Investment Banking Definition: In oil & gas investment banking, professionals advise companies that search for, produce, store, transport, refine, and market energy on raising debt and equity and completing mergers and acquisitions. The entire Energy Services vertical is like a “high Beta” play on oil and gas prices.

Banking 98

Banking EBITDA Dividends Equity 98

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While accountants, CFOs and bankers are fond of the book value measure, almost everything in corporate finance revolves around market value weights, including the debt to equity ratios we use to adjust betas and costs of equity and the debt to capital ratios used in computing the cost of capital.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Brian DeChesare

JUNE 29, 2022

Activist Hedge Fund Definition: An activist hedge fund accumulates sizable stakes in companies to gain operational/financial influence and persuades Boards and management teams to enact their desired changes; they profit based on increases in companies’ stock prices after these changes take place. “ESG”

Private Equity Firm 52

Private Equity Firm Equity Banking Start-ups 52