Barry Ritholtz

MAY 9, 2023

But I would say generally, there’s less leverage in the system. But I don’t think this is a wholesale shift, we’re in a higher rate environment, obviously, for now. So you’ve got to be really mindful that you’re getting paid enough on a nominal return basis versus the risk-free rate.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I mean, I didn’t want to blow my own trumpet up too much because most of the positions were in place, the quality funds, which more defensive and less leveraged, and low allocation to — a relatively low allocation to equities, and then the hedge funds sort of long/short positions that benefited in the financial crisis.

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

The dividend principle, which is the focus of this post is built on a very simple principle, which is that if a company is unable to find investments that make returns that meet its hurdle rate thresholds, it should return cash back to the owners in that business.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

When valuing or analyzing a company, I find myself looking for and using macro data (risk premiums, default spreads, tax rates) and industry-level data on profitability, risk and leverage. will become dated as the year goes on, and especially so if the market moves up or down significantly.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

When valuing or analyzing a company, I find myself looking for and using macro data (risk premiums, default spreads, tax rates) and industry-level data on profitability, risk and leverage. Per-employee Statistics Profitability Financial Leverage Reinvestment 1. EV/EBIT and EV/EBITDA 4. High-Low Price Risk Measure 5.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In fact, that may explain why firms that trade at low EV to EBITDA multiples are more likely to become targets in leveraged buyouts (LBOs) or leveraged recapitalizations. Business risk : Not surprisingly, for any given level of cash flows and marginal tax rate, riskier firms will be capable of carrying less debt than safer firms.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

00:26:19 [Speaker Changed] It, it’s, it’s usually it is aggressive shorts from leveraged funds on s and p futures. So it’s gonna take a little more confidence, you know, and equities to, because you get your, your hurdle rates higher, you know? You can see it also in futures positioning.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

So you’ve got, you’ve got a modeling hurdle rate that you need to figure out when you’re adding diversifiers. This is implicitly leverage. Leverage is a tool that accentuates both the good and the bad. And you need to be aware of the leverage risk that’s embedded. The second is behavioral.

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