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The Seven Samurai: How Big Tech Rescued the Market in 2023!

Musings on Markets

First, let's look at the performance of these seven stocks in 2023, when their collective market capitalization increased by a staggering $5.1 In terms of dollar value added, Microsoft and Apple each added a trillion dollars to their market capitalizations, during the year. trillion during the course of the year.

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Breaking Ties: Kraft Heinz Closes Business Operations in Russia

Valutico

Share Price Performance KHC’s heavy debt load following its merger in 2015 was lightened by the pandemic’s increased demand for food, lower interest costs, and opportunities for divestment. Despite a flat operating performance in 2021, the company successfully reduced its net debt to $22 billion.

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Breaking Ties: Kraft Heinz Closes Business Operations in Russia

Valutico

Share Price Performance KHC’s heavy debt load following its merger in 2015 was lightened by the pandemic’s increased demand for food, lower interest costs, and opportunities for divestment. Despite a flat operating performance in 2021, the company successfully reduced its net debt to $22 billion.

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Is BP’s new strategy – full focus on profits – viable in the long term?

Valutico

Compared with last year’s net income of GBP 10.3 (USD billion in net debt, reducing total debt to GBP 17.5 (USD In comparison to BP’s market capitalization of GBP 101 (USD 122) billion we suggest that the company is slightly undervalued. billion, profit increased by an unbelievable 120%.

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Good Intentions, Perverse Outcomes: The Impact of Impact Investing!

Musings on Markets

On the alternative energy front, as money has flowed into these companies, there has been a surge in enterprise value (equity and net debt) and market capitalization (equity value); I report both because impact investing can also take the form of green bonds, or debt, at these companies.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

Musings on Markets

The table below summarizes the market cap change, by region of the world: It is no surprise that Eastern Europe and Russia, which are in the eye of the hurricane, have seen the most damage to equities, but other than the Middle East, every other equity market in the world is down, with the US, EU and China shedding significant market capitalization.

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Tactical Resources Provides Additional Information Regarding Its Proposed Business Combination With Plum Acquisition Corp. III

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As of the date the Proposed Business Combination was announced, the Company had a market capitalization of approximately CAD$12.1 The exchange ratio will be adjusted in the event that the Company completes any new equity financings prior to the Closing. million, calculated on a fully diluted basis.