Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Since I am lucky enough to have access to databases that carry data on all publicly traded stocks, I choose all publicly traded companies, with a market price that exceeds zero, as my universe, for computing all statistics. Costs of equity & capital 4. Financing Flows 5. EBIT & EBITDA multiple s 5. Tax rates 4.

Dividends 106

Dividends Risk Premium Equity Book Value 106

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

Check rules of thumb : Investing and corporate finance are full of rules of thumb, many of long standing. Data universe : In my sample, I include all publicly traded firms with market capitalizations that exceed zero, traded anywhere in the world. Cost of Capital 3. EV/EBIT and EV/EBITDA 4. Cost of Equity 1.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups EBITDA 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

In corporate finance and investing, which are areas that I work in, I find myself doing double takes as I listen to politicians, market experts and economists making statements about company and market behavior that are fairy tales, and data is often my weapon for discerning the truth. Costs of equity & capital 4.

Risk Premium 120

Risk Premium Dividends Start-ups Corporate Finance 120