Data Update 2 for 2025: The Party Continues (for US Equities)!

Data Update 1 for 2025: The Draw (and Danger) of Data!

For the fun of it: An Open House for my Spring 2025 Classes

The Siren Song of Sustainability: The Theocratic Trifecta's Third Leg

The Sugar Daddy (Molasses Mommy) Effect? Assessing Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) and Green Investing!

Breaking up Big Tech: Cui Bono?

Just do it! Brand Name Lessons from Nike's Troubles

Fed up with Fed Talk? Factchecking Central Banking Fairy Tales!: "The Fed (did not) do it"

Dealing with aging: The Intel, Walgreens and Starbucks Stores Updated!: Choices, choices and more choices

The Power of Expectations: Nvidia's Earnings Report and Market Reaction!: The essence of a surprise

Beat your Bot: Building your Moat against AI: The Bots are here...

The Corporate Life Cycle: Managing, Valuation and Investing Implications: Growing up is optional, growing old is mandatory!

Country Risk: My 2024 Update: Determinants and Implications

Big Risks: Catastrophic Risk in Investing and Business: Rare, but consequential!

The Seven Samurai: Big Tech to the Rescue!: FANG -> FANGAM -> MAG SEVEN

Data Update 5 for 2025: Profitability - The End Game for Business?: Show me the money!

Data Update 4 for 2024: Risk enters the Equation: Danger plus Opportunity = Risk

Data Update 3 for 2024: A Rule-breaking Year for Interest Rates: The Fed does not set rates...

Data Update 2: A Stock Comeback - Winning the expectations game!: Everything is relative (to expectations)

The School Bell Rings: Time for Class: The Joy and Work of Learning!

Data Update 1 for 2024: The Data Speaks, but what is it saying?: In January 1993, I was valuing a retail company, and I found myself wondering what a reasonable margin was for a firm operating in the retail business. In pursuit of an answer to that question, I used company-specific data from Value Line, one of the earliest entrants into the investment data business, to compute an industry average. The numbers that I computed opened my eyes to how much perspective on the high, low, and typical va

The Difference Makers: Key Person(s) Value!: The Value of People!

Tesla in November 2023: Story twists & turns, with value consequences!: Growing pains!

Good Intentions, Perverse Outcomes: The Impact of Impact Investing: Is doing something better than doing nothing?

Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles - The Birkenstock IPO: Valuing what you cannot see!