Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

I am not a market prognosticator for a simple reason. I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate why market timing is often the impossible dream, something that every investor aspires to be successful at, but very few succeed on a consistent basis.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

I spent the first week of 2021 in the same way that I have spent the first week of every year since 1995, collecting data on publicly traded companies and analyzing how they navigated the cross currents of the prior year, both in operating and market value terms.

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Benzinga

APRIL 18, 2022

markets is again demonstrated by the announcement of our intent to acquire Rock Canyon Bank," said Tim Laney, Chairman, President and CEO of National Bank Holdings Corporation. They will also benefit from enhanced service offerings including expanded commercial loan and treasury management solutions.". "We at March 31, 2022.

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 11, 2023

According to the 2022 CS Annual Report , the book value per share was 11.45 This means that, compared with the account value of 2022, CS shareholders lost more than 42 billion CHF. Accounting values are clearly imperfect, but they are the metric that matters for determining bank insolvency. Swiss francs (CHF) per share.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As I have argued in all four of my posts, so far, about 2022, it was year when we saw a return to normalcy on many fronts, as treasury rates reverted back to pre-2008 levels, and risk capital discovered that risk has a downside.

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Benzinga

JULY 25, 2023

The merger will create the premier California business banking franchise, which will be well-positioned to capitalize on market opportunities and broaden the channels and customers it serves through increased scale and expanded product offerings.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The second was a comment that I made on a LinkedIn post that had built on my implied equity premium approach to the Indian market but had run into a roadblock because of an assumption that, in an efficient market, the return on equity would equate to the cost of equity.

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