What Is Deregulation? What Has Been the Trend in Deregulation

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Essay

What is deregulation? What has been the trend in deregulation over the past two decades?

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Definitions:

Expected ROE

The anticipated return on equity, predicting future profitability by estimating the rate of return on shareholders' equity.

Multistage DDM

A version of the Dividend Discount Model which assumes dividends grow at different rates in different stages of a company's life.

Treasury Bond Yields

The return investors can expect to receive from holding a government treasury bond until its maturity.

Earnings Yields

A financial metric calculated by dividing earnings per share by the current market price per share, serving as the inverse of the P/E ratio.