CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

I wrote about my most recent valuation of Tesla just over a week ago , and as has always been the case when I value this company, I have heard from both sides of the Tesla divide. Based at least on the reactions, I have realized that some may be misreading my story and valuation, ore reacting just to a picture in a tweet.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 17, 2025

I will follow up by trying to judge where markets stand at the start of 2025, starting with PE ratios, moving on to earnings yields and ending with a valuation of the index. Combining 2023 and 2024 returns yield a cumulative a two-year return for the S&P 500 of 57.42%, making it one the ten best two-year periods in US market history.

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

The top five IPOs by valuation in 2024 were Lineage on the Nasdaq ($5.1 Deal activity will continue, owing to increased confidence and stable macroeconomics, says Robert Leon, co-head of Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) Investment Banking. IPOs, however, are enjoying a surge. In Europe, IPOs are down 19%. billion), Puig Brands in Madrid ($2.9

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 15, 2023

It succeeded spectacularly in attracting people to its platform, hitting a 100 million users in 2012, and then doubling those numbers again by 2013, when it went public ,with an initial public offering. Users: Numbers and Engagement. The Twitter Story. billion, well below the $9.6

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Future CFO

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

In this environment, CFOs must prioritise cybersecurity investments that deliver a tangible return on investment. One of the main challenges in securing cybersecurity investments lies in the nature of cybersecurity itself. How can we maximise the return on these investments while achieving our security goals?"

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Global Finance

APRIL 5, 2025

TM Infrastructure And Project Finance: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development It was a record-setting year for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), with more than $17 billion invested in infrastructure and development projects globally, representing a 30% increase in year over year. billion valuation.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

There are a number of possible explanations for the run of European banking deals, says Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell. Ultimately the key issue is valuation. trillion worth of investments. JPMorgan Chase & Co was the highest placed US-based bank with $3.9 trillion AUM.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

In the first five posts, I have looked at the macro numbers that drive global markets, from interest rates to risk premiums, but it is not my preferred habitat. A key tool in both endeavors is a hurdle rate a rate of return that you determine as your required return for business and investment decisions.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

If you are interested, you can see my valuations from 2014 , 2016 and 2017. The second is on investment and capital intensity , where it has managed to take what critics pointed to as weaknesses (unwillingness to build large and expensive assembly plants ahead of time, to meet future demand) and made them into strengths.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I wrote about my most recent valuation of Tesla just over a week ago , and as has always been the case when I value this company, I have heard from both sides of the Tesla divide. Based at least on the reactions, I have realized that some may be misreading my story and valuation, ore reacting just to a picture in a tweet.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Real estate investing can be intimidating to new investors – you must search for the right property, obtain financing, purchase the property, and then find tenants. Real estate investing takes work and can be risky, and many don’t have the time or risk tolerance to commit. You can also find tenant-occupied investment properties here.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 31, 2025

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that following the change of administration (and a new incoming chair of the SEC), the Investment Adviser Association is seeking to find ways to help RIAs (particularly smaller firms) manage the compliance responsibilities they (..)

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

It succeeded spectacularly in attracting people to its platform, hitting a 100 million users in 2012, and then doubling those numbers again by 2013, when it went public ,with an initial public offering. While total user numbers have leveled off in recent years, albeit with a jump in 2021, the daily active user count has continued to climb.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

 At the Money: Stock Picking vs. Value Investing with Jeremy Schwartz, Wisdom Tree. Should value investing be part of that strategy? TRANSCRIPT: Jeremy Schwartz Value Investing Barry Ritholtz : How much you pay for your stocks has a giant impact on how well they perform. What Is value investing?

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management discusses the best ways to responsibly manage crypto assets. I’m Barry Ritholtz, and on today’s edition of At the Money , we’re going to discuss how retail investors can responsibly invest in crypto.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Startups just in their infancy are getting attention from seed investors — but unlike the dotcom days when every idea got some form of funding, investors are being choosier, resulting in fewer deals but with the ones getting funding enjoying surging valuations. The median valuation for seed companies increased to $7 million from $4.7

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. As someone who has spent the last four decades talking, teaching and doing valuation that we have lost our way in valuation.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 10, 2025

Also in industry news this week: A survey indicates that nearly 71% of new financial advisors drop out in the first 5 years, with firms offering better training and mentorship opportunities (as well as entry-level positions that don't come with business development targets) seeing higher employee retention rates How broker-dealer self-regulatory organization (..)

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VCFO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How Quality of Earnings Reports Impact Valuation Securing a Quality of Earnings (QoE) report is often a routine step in the due diligence process for acquisitions. Operationally experienced professionals are well-versed in navigating company-specific matters that often hide behind raw numbers on paper.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 28, 2024

He mentioned that he had developed a Damodaran Bot, and explained that it was an AI creation, which had read every blog post that I had ever written, watched every webcast that I had ever posted and reviewed every valuation that I had made public.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Global Finance: Last year, we discussed the departure of a number of high-profile foreign banks from Africa. Paula Leynes Felipe: In many of the markets where we work, theres a recognition of the need for reform; countries are aware that only through a robust, well managed banking system can outside investment be attracted back.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In response, I have been told that the problem is not with the idea of ESG, but in its measurement and application, and that impact investing is the solution to both market and society's problems. It is human nature to want to make the world a better place, but does impact investing have the impact that it aims to create?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 25, 2023

For much of the last two years, rather than teach my classes in a classroom, I taught my classes from my home office, making a few low-cost, low-tech investments to improve my set up. My classroom teaching at Stern has been mostly corporate finance and valuation, to both MBAs and undergraduates.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2019

Lime and Bird , the two electric scooter startups that raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in 2018, are aiming to raise more but at a lower valuation. That is under the $3 billion or higher valuations they were fetching in years past. But with the lower valuations, it appears that business is starting to fray.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. Narrative and Value As someone who has spent the last four decades talking, teaching and doing valuation that we have lost our way in valuation.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Starting in late January 2023, I will be back in the classroom, teaching valuation and corporate finance to the MBAs and valuation to the undergraduates, and these classes will continue through May 2023. It is ironic, and perhaps telling, that our understanding of statistics seems to have hit rock bottom in the age of big data.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This practice allows businesses, investors, and finance professionals to evaluate investment opportunities, assess risks, forecast future scenarios, and support strategic decision-making. Investment Evaluation - Assessing mergers, acquisitions, or new projects. Investment Evaluation - Assessing mergers, acquisitions, or new projects.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 27, 2023

Another is that when valuing companies, I am, in addition to valuing a company to see if it is fairly priced, interested into the broader insights about business and valuation that emerge from the company. per share in 2022.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 4, 2023

People often talk about "the economy" as a single entity whose parts move in unison, with a small number of key indicators (such as GDP, the unemployment rate, and inflation) moving reliably in relation to each other.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As the price dropped below $200 today (October 30,2023), I decided that it was time for me to revisit and revalue the company, taking into account the news, financial and other, that has come out since my last valuation in January 2023, and to understand the dueling stories that are emerging about the company.

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Global Finance

AUGUST 1, 2024

In a prepared statement on X.com, Ackman posted: “While we have received enormous investor interest in PSUS, one principal question has remained: Would investors be better served waiting to invest in the aftermarket than in the IPO? It’s tough to pinpoint the perfect valuation,” he added, skeptical that it was indicative of a trend. “It’s

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 14, 2025

Which, if implemented under the new administration, could provide relief for investment advisers, particularly smaller firms that already have to balance compliance with client service, marketing, and the other duties that go into running a firm.

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CFO Selections

JULY 22, 2024

A business valuation is a critical component of securing a company’s future. While the specifics of the business will clearly determine its calculated value at the conclusion of the process, one person is instrumental in helping the company to arrive at that final number.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Meb Faber, Cambria Investments (October 30, 2024) Dividend investing has a long and storied history, but it turns out dividends are only part of the picture driving stock returns. He is the author of shareholder yield, a better approach to dividend investing just out in its second edition this week.

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Michigan CFO

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Manufacturing business valuation is an important process that defines the value of a given manufacturing company. Having an accurate idea of that value is essential for ownership, partners, and third parties to make appropriate decisions about financing, investing in, and buying or selling a manufacturing business. preparing to sell.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Data: Trickle to a Flood! It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Mean reversion : I am not a knee-jerk believer in mean reversion, but the tendency for numbers to move back towards averages is a strong one.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Online brokerage Robinhood , which offers a suite of tools aimed at making investing easy and comparatively cheap for the uninitiated, said on Friday (Oct. Reuters reported last month that Robinhood increased its latest funding round from investors to $660 million, putting its valuation at $11.7 billion.

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