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The Corporate Life Cycle: Corporate Finance, Valuation and Investing Implications!

Musings on Markets

In fact, the business life cycle has become an integral part of the corporate finance, valuation and investing classes that I teach, and in many of the posts that I have written on this blog. In 2022, I decided that I had hit critical mass, in terms of corporate life cycle content, and that the material could be organized as a book.

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Forecasting Future Fraud: Q&A With Joanne Horton Of Warwick Business School

Global Finance

Weve got what we think is a rather exciting model, which we describe in a working paper, that helps forecast in advance the likelihood that a firm will go on to commit accounting fraud. But mostwell, allof the research into accounting fraud has focused on detection rather than prevention. Joanne Horton: Yes.

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Monzo Reaches Unicorn Status With $1.3B Valuation

PYMNTS

mobile-only bank, now has a valuation of $1.3 Reuters , citing Monzo, reported the mobile bank said Wednesday (October 31) that it raised 85 million pounds — and as a result, has a valuation of more than $1 billion. With a valuation of $1.3 Unicorn status happens when the company has a valuation of $1 billion or more.

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African Banking Roundtable: New Focus On Capital Markets

Global Finance

In regard to country comparisons, South Africa is a huge financial market, accounting for US$400 billion. But because the market was not active, even though the company was profitable and the valuation was going up, the stock price was not moving on the exchange. GF : Otherwise, its a loss. Tadesse: Otherwise its a loss.

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

Musings on Markets

To understand how much these stocks meant for overall market performance, recognize that these seven companies accounted for more than 50% of the increase in market capitalization of the the entire US equity market (which included 6658 listed companies in 2023).

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Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles in the Birkenstock IPO!

Musings on Markets

The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

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10 Types of Financial Models

The Finance Weekly

Business Valuation - Determining the value of assets or entire companies. If the income statement shows a profit, it boosts the equity on the balance sheet. A loss decreases equity. Next, use an appropriate valuation method for each division to estimate their individual worth.