Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Once I came to NYU in 1986, I continued to teach classes across the finance spectrum, from corporate finance to valuation to investing, and I am glad that I did so. I am a natural dabbler, and I enjoy looking at big financial questions and ideas from multiples perspectives.

Valuation 130

Valuation Corporate Finance Finance Investments 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

I spend most of my time in the far less rarefied air of corporate finance and valuation, where businesses try to decide what projects to invest in, and investors attempt to estimate business value.

Hurdle Rate 72

Hurdle Rate Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies 72

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

I balked at teaching this motley collection of topics and wanted to teach a class on valuation, but I was told that there was not enough stuff in valuation to fill a class. In the fall of 1986, I taught a valuation class in my security analyst slot, and with no cameras in the classroom or complaints from students, no one was any wiser.

Corporate Finance 145

Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Investments 145

CFO News Room

JANUARY 25, 2023

If you have a bigger budget, I would try to emulate Professor Andrew Lo , who described his astounding set up for teaching last year.) In these last two years, I have learned a lot about online teaching and I hope that learning makes me a better teacher, both online and in the classroom.

Marketing 130

Marketing Corporate Finance Valuation Finance 130

Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The list of typical FP&A activities usually includes planning, budgeting, forecasting, analysis, management reporting and performance management. Budgeting is a type of short-term planning whose goal is to transform strategic objectives into an operational plan by allocating available resources.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 130

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Corporate Finance Communication Forecasting 130

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If you have a bigger budget, I would try to emulate Professor Andrew Lo , who described his astounding set up for teaching last year.) My classroom teaching at Stern has been mostly corporate finance and valuation, to both MBAs and undergraduates.

Corporate Finance 83

Corporate Finance Valuation Finance Investments 83

CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Company Sample for 2022 When I first started my data collection and analysis in 1990, data was difficult to come by, and when available, it was expensive. A few of these variables are macro variables, but only those that I find useful in corporate finance and valuation, and not easily accessible in public data bases.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies 130