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Friday links: the most important investing skill

Abnormal Returns

(ft.com) Startups How unicorns are dealing with the decline in valuations. news.crunchbase.com) Crypto companies, like FTX, invested in a bunch of crypto startups. ft.com) Economy Existing home sales plunged in December. bonddad.blogspot.com) Why falling retail sales aren't all bad. Those stakes are set to change hands.

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Where Valuations Stand After the Market’s Strong Start to 2023

Validea

Whether the good times will continue is still up for debate, but given the strong recent run and the fact that it has been a while since I have looked at it, I thought now might be a good time to look to our market valuation tool to see where things stand. The second caveat is that we use median figures when we look at market valuation.

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Monday links: getting stuff done

Abnormal Returns

Strategy Valuations matter, but using them in your investment process is a challenge. entrylevel.topdowncharts.com) When does passive investing become a problem for valuing companies? minneapolisfed.org) Heavy truck sales rose in January. silverlightinvest.com) Companies Why are companies holding more cash these days?

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Revisiting the Market Valuation in the Wake of This Year’s Decline

Validea

With the S&P 500 now close to 20% off its highs, I thought now might be a good time to look to our market valuation tool to see where things stand. But before I do that, I wanted to first cover two caveats I always put in articles about market valuation. With that all being said, let’s look at the current valuation data.

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: Vice Media nears sale to lenders for fraction of onetime $5.7 billion valuation: WSJ

MarketWatch

Vice Media is close to a deal under which it would be bought out of bankruptcy by Soros Fund Management, Fortress Investment Group and other lenders in a deal valued at $400 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The deal, which prices the struggling media outlet far below the $5.7

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Avoid Getting Caught Up In Big Market Delusions: The Case Study Of Electric Vehicles

Nerd's Eye View

A key value proposition for financial advisors is helping clients avoid common behavioral biases that can lead to suboptimal investment decisions. Which often leads to advisors counseling their clients to stay diversified and stick with a disciplined investment strategy to optimize their risk and return over the long term.

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Separating Winners from Losers in Growth Investing: The Mohanram Approach

Validea

In his 2005 research paper titled “Separating Winners from Losers among Low Book-to-Market Stocks using Financial Statement Analysis,” accounting professor Partha Mohanram laid out a strategy for finding promising growth stocks trading at attractive valuations. ROA and 10.7% ROA and 13.2% ROA and 13.2%