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. Financing Flows 5. Beta & Risk 1.

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Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Numbers 95

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

Thus, I have treated leases as debt in computing debt ratios all through the decades that I have been computing this statistic, even though accounting rules did not do so until 2019, and capitalized R&D, even though accounting has not made that judgment yet. Tax rates 4. Financing Flows 5. Beta & Risk 1.

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Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss 102

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

One reason is that these businesses are not only not required to publicly disclose their financial details in most parts of the world, but often follow more malleable accounting standards, making the data less reliable and comparable. Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question.

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Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52