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title: Valuation Fundamentals
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4951338/
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identifier: SSRN 4951338
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featured: 2024-09-10
citations: 1
topic: Other
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# Valuation Fundamentals

Analysts' personal discount rates and growth expectations significantly influence valuation fluctuations, primarily driven by risk-free rates and subjective betas.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4951338
- Identifier: SSRN 4951338
- Released: 2024-09-09
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 65 (2024-09-10): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-09-10/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 1
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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