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Data Update 3 for 2023: Inflation and Interest Rates

If 2022 was an unsettling year for equities, as I noted in my second data post, it was an even more tumultuous year for the bond market. The US treasury…

jamur January 30, 2023

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Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question!

What is a hurdle rate for a business? There are multiple definitions that you will see offered, from it being the cost of raising capital for that business to an…

jamur February 10, 2021

Cost of capital Data Updates Defining and Measuring Risk

Data Update 5: Relative Risk and Hurdle Rates

In my last four posts, I focused on the macro variables that we draw on, in both corporate finance and valuation, to estimate required returns or hurdle rates. In data…

jamur February 27, 2020

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January 2019 Data Update 5: Hurdle Rates and Costs of Financing

In the last post, I looked at how to measure risk from different perspectives, with the intent of bringing these risk measures into both corporate finance and valuation. In this…

jamur January 24, 2019