Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The first was the response that I received to my last data update , where I looked at the profitability of businesses, and specifically at how a comparison of accounting returns on equity (capital) to costs of equity (capital) can yield a measure of excess returns.

Marketing 52

Marketing Profit and Loss Investments Accounting 52

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

During 2022, the US treasury did not default, but an investor in a 10-year US treasury bond would have earned a return of -18% on his or her investment, as bond prices dropped. and how much to hold in investments with guaranteed returns over their time horizon (cash, treasury bill and treasury bonds).

Investments 98

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 98

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

That said, it does mean that any broad conclusions (about profitability and revenues) that emerge from my data apply to public companies, and it may be dangerous to extrapolate to private businesses, especially in a year like 2020 where private businesses could have been affected more adversely by COVID shutdowns than public companies.

Valuation 52

Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 28, 2022

ELLIS: Well, it starts with one very simple proposition, nobody is making a profit. Every other investment organization got a problem that somebody is taking money out of the pot every day, every month, every year as a profit. I start a business to make a profit. I’ll get bigger, I’ll make more profits.

Profit and Loss 75

Profit and Loss Investments Marketing Sales 75