Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Explained
ROIC measures profit per dollar of capital invested. When ROIC beats WACC, the firm creates value. Here is the formula, math, and where it misleads.
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Berkshire’s $6.8B Taylor Morrison Buy: Abel Era Begins
Berkshire Hathaway is buying Taylor Morrison for $72.50/share ($6.8B equity, $8.5B EV) at a 24% premium — Greg Abel’s first big deal as CEO.
Micron’s $1 Trillion Moment: HBM and the AI Memory Reset
Micron crossed $1 trillion in market cap on June 1, 2026 after a 6.6% pop to $1,035, a 263% YTD gain driven by AI-memory demand.
Contango Explained: Why Commodity ETFs Lose to Spot Prices
Contango is the upward-sloping futures curve that quietly drains commodity ETF returns. Here is the math, the cause, and how to spot it.
Veris Residential Goes Private in $3.5B Affinius Deal
Affinius Capital and Vista Hill Partners completed a $3.5B all-cash take-private of Veris Residential on May 27, paying $19/share — a 23.2% premium.
Marvell’s $177B AI Bet: Q1 Beat, 102.4 Tbps Switch, NVLink
Marvell is up 138% YTD on a Q1 FY27 beat, the industry’s first 102.4 Tbps AI switch, and a widening Nvidia NVLink Fusion partnership.
WACC Explained: How Companies Calculate Their Cost of Capital
WACC blends the cost of equity and after-tax cost of debt into one discount rate. Here is the formula, a worked Apple example, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Howard Davies-Led J.C. Flowers Buys Monte Paschi’s French Arm
J.C. Flowers acquires Monte Paschi’s French lending arm; Howard Davies takes the chair as BMPS streamlines post-Mediobanca.
Blackstone Asia PE Fund Closes at Record $13.1B
Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III closed at $13.1 billion, topping its $10 billion target and more than doubling its predecessor.
The Repo Market Explained: $12.6 Trillion of Plumbing
How the repo market works: $12.6T daily, SOFR, tri-party clearing, the Fed’s Standing Repo Facility, and the 2019 spike that changed everything.