Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

As the risk-free rate rises, expected returns on equities will be pushed up, and holding all else constant, stock prices will go down., and the reverse will occur, when risk-free rates drop. Determinants So, why do risk-free rates vary across time and across currencies?

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

While the universe of companies is diverse, with approximately half of all firms from emerging markets, it is more concentrated in market capitalization, with the US accounting for 40% of global market capitalization at the start of the year. Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

So it’s gonna take a little more confidence, you know, and equities to, because you get your, your hurdle rates higher, you know? And there, people were warning that that was about to happen in the spring when Silicon Valley Bank, right. So that 00:48:50 [Speaker Changed] Makes sense. So large caps become big caps.

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