Rethinking Cost of Capital: Applying Judgment Beyond Models and Software
Valuation professionals increasingly rely on standardized models and data platforms to estimate cost of capital. While essential, these tools can crowd out critical thinking about what the inputs actually mean—and whether they reflect current market realities, especially in periods of elevated uncertainty.
This webcast reframes cost of capital through a macroeconomic lens, examining how policy shifts (including tariffs and recent tax legislation), monetary conditions, market volatility, and investor risk aversion