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Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles in the Birkenstock IPO!

A few days ago, I valued Instacart ahead of its initial public offering, and noted that the reception that the stock gets will be a good barometer of where risk…

jamur October 6, 2023

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AI's Winners, Losers and Wannabes: An NVIDIA Valuation, with the AI Boost!

I will start this post with a couple of confessions. The first is that my portfolio has held up well this year, in a market that has been top-heavy and…

jamur June 23, 2023

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Tesla in 2023: A Return to Reality, The Start of the End or Time to Buy?

I am not much of a car person and view cars primarily as a mode of transportation. I drive a 2010 Honda Civic, a perfectly serviceable vehicle that is never…

jamur January 26, 2023

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Back to Earth or Temporary Setback? Revisiting the FANGAM Stocks

It has been a rocky year so far, in 2022, with worries about inflation competing with hopes about recovery for the market's attention. In the midst of all the action,…

jamur February 12, 2022

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Sounding good or Doing good? A Skeptical Look at ESG

In my time in corporate finance and valuation, I have seen many "new and revolutionary" ideas emerge, each one marketed as the solution to all of the problems that businesses…

jamur September 21, 2020

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A Viral Market Update IX: A Do-it-Yourself S&P 500 Valuation

It has been close to four weeks since my last viral market update, and I could come up with a whole host of excuses for the delay, but the truth…

jamur June 4, 2020