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The Synopsis

Dialogue. What is the Cost of Equity?

Mar 13, 2024
Exploring the cost of equity, absolute vs relative investors, and the punch card idea. Challenging fixed percentage returns in finance and evaluating equity risk premiums. Dichotomy between growth managers and absolute investors, biases in absolute investing, and parallels to relative perceptions. Analyzing opportunity cost, cost of capital, and strategic decision-making in investing using Warren Buffett as a case study.
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Quick takeaways

  • Investors need to critically evaluate the equity premium beyond the 10% required return perspective.
  • Categorizing investors as relative or absolute aids in decision-making and risk assessment for investment strategies.

Deep dives

Understanding the Memo on Equity Premium and Initial Assumptions

The podcast delves into a memo that explores the fundamental concept of investing, focusing on the essential question of how much return should be expected for the risk undertaken. The memo introduces the monk housing trilemma, emphasizing the impossibility of deriving a concrete answer without relying on an assumption that dictates the outcome. Additionally, it addresses the prevalent dogmatic response of a 10% required return, linked to Warren Buffett's perspective, challenging investors to evaluate the equity premium more critically.

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