This paper contains 100 questions that students, alumni and other persons (judges, arbitrageurs, clients¿) have posed to me over the past years. They were recompiled so as to help the reader remember, clarify and, in some cases, discuss some useful concepts in finance. Most of the questions...

We argue that the equity premium puzzle may be explained by the fact that most market participants (equity investors, investment banks, analysts, companies¿) do not use standard theory (such as a standard representative consumer asset pricing model) for determining their Required Equity...

La exigua rentabilidad media de los fondos de inversión en España en los últimos 3, 5 y 10 años (0,51%, 2,23% y 0,85%) fue inferior a la inversión en bonos del Estado a cualquier plazo y a la inflación. A pesar de estos resultados, los 2.586 fondos existentes tenían un patrimonio de 163...

I review 150 textbooks on corporate finance and valuation published between 1979 and 2009 by authors such as Brealey, Myers, Copeland, Damodaran, Merton, Ross, Bruner, Bodie, Penman, Arzac¿ and find that their recommendations regarding the equity premium range from 3% to 10%, and that 51 books...

I review 150 textbooks on corporate finance and valuation published between 1979 and 2009 by authors such as Brealey, Myers, Copeland, Damodaran, Merton, Ross, Bruner, Bodie, Penman, and Arzac, and find that their recommendations regarding the equity premium range from 3% to 10%, and that 51...

The average Market Risk Premium (MRP) used in 2008 by professors in the United States (6.3%) was higher than the one used by their colleagues in Europe (5.3%). We also report statistics for 18 countries: the average MRP used in 2008 ranges from 4.1% (Belgium) to 10.5% (India). The dispersion of...

During 2004, 64% of the companies in the S&P 500 created value, while in 2003 the figure was 87%. The market value of the 500 companies was $11.2 trillion in 2004, compared to $10.1 trillion in 2003. The top shareholder value creators in 2004 were Exxon, General Electric, Ebay, Johnson & Johnson...

Este breve documento contiene más de treinta errores en la valoración de una empresa: la mayoría están más relacionados con la ausencia de sensatez que con la técnica. El 14 de julio de 2008, un magistrado estableció que el valor razonable de las acciones de una admirada y rentable...