Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

For the last four decades, I have spent the first week of each year collecting and analyzing data on publicly traded companies and sharing what I find with anyone who is interested. I have written about how mean reversion is at the heart of many active investing strategies , and why assuming that history will repeat can be a mistake.

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Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Numbers 115

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

Last week, was my data week, where I download and analyze data on all publicly traded companies, listed anywhere in the world, and I will post extensively on what the numbers look like after a most tumultuous year. Face up to uncertainty, rather than avoid or deny it : Uncertainty is a feature of investing/ business, not a bug.

Valuation 52

Valuation Corporate Finance Finance Investments 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

In pursuit of an answer to that question, I used company-specific data from Value Line, one of the earliest entrants into the investment data business, to compute an industry average. Return on (invested) capital 2. Ratings & Spreads 2. Ratings & Spreads 2. Tax rates 4. Beta & Risk 1.

Valuation 105

Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss 105