CFO News Room

JANUARY 20, 2023

Risk and Hurdle Rates In investing and corporate finance, we have no choice but to come up with measures of risk, flawed though they might be, that can be converted into numbers that drive decisions. In corporate finance, this takes the form of a hurdle rate , a minimum acceptable return on an investment, for it to be funded.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Risk and Hurdle Rates In investing and corporate finance, we have no choice but to come up with measures of risk, flawed though they might be, that can be converted into numbers that drive decisions. In corporate finance, this takes the form of a hurdle rate , a minimum acceptable return on an investment, for it to be funded.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

Breaking down companies by (S&P) sector, again both in numbers and market cap, here is what I get: While industrials the most listed stocks, technology accounts for 21% of the market cap of all listed stocks, globally, making it the most valuable sector. Insider, CEO & Institutional holdings 2. Aggregate operating numbers 3.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And that Gartner Hype Cycle is something where whenever there’s a disruptive technology that it comes in, there’s a lot of hype and high expectations, so unrealistic expectations, followed by something doesn’t happen, you have disillusionment. Look, for us, technology is the embodiment of our service. BUCKLEY: Yeah.

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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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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You do the math and you’re like, “Okay, well, an advisor can handle about 100 clients, an associate advisor can help with some of those clients, you can leverage maybe an associate advisor with a couple of advisors, but there’s a capacity limit for each of the roles.” And then we have the 0% cap.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Railways were this revolutionary technology that was going to change the world, going to change civilization, the speed with which people — roughly at the same time, remember Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley — RITHOLTZ: Sure. And to make things more interesting, they use leverage too. CHANCELLOR: Exactly.

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