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A Follow up on Inflation: The Disparate Effects on Company Values!

Musings on Markets

In general, higher and more volatile inflation has negative effects on all financial assets, from stocks to corporate bonds to treasury bonds, and neutral to positive effects on gold, collectibles and real assets.

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

Musings on Markets

The Variables The variables that I report industry-average statistics for reflect my interests, and they range the spectrum, with risk, profitability, leverage, and dividend metrics thrown into the mix. Beta & Risk 1. Dividends and Potential Dividends (FCFE) 1. Dividend yield & payout 3. Return on Equity 1.

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Data Update 6 for 2025: From Macro to Micro - The Hurdle Rate Question!

Musings on Markets

In this context, the cost of capital become a measure of the cost of funding a business: In dividend decision s, i.e., the decisions of how much cash to return to owners and in what form (dividends or buybacks), the cost of capital is a divining rod. Corporate Default Risk , i.e,