DCF Myth 2: A DCF is an exercise in modeling and number crunching!
Most people don't trust DCF valuations, and with good reason. Analysts find ways to hide their bias in their inputs and use complexity to intimidate those who not as well versed in the valuation game....
View ArticleNarrative Resets: Revisiting a Tech Trio (Apple, Facebook and Twitter)
In a post in August 2014, I examined the importance of narratives in valuation and how shifts or changes in those narratives can affect value, using Apple, Twitter and Facebook to illustrate my point....
View ArticleQuarterly Financial Reporting is Needed, Productive, and Good
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View ArticleQuarterly Financial Reporting is Needed, Productive, and Good
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View ArticleBeijing Blunders: Bull in a China Shop!
I have generally steered from using my blog as a vehicle for rants, not because I don't have my share of targets, but because I know that while ranting makes me feel better, it almost always creates...
View ArticleMy Valuation Class: The Fall 2015 Model Preview
It is almost September and as the academic clock resets for a new year, I get ready to teach a new valuation class. With three hundred registered students, it is about as diverse a class as any I have...
View ArticleAnother Market Crisis? My Survival Manual/Journal!
I would be lying if I said that I like down markets more than up markets, but I have learned to accept the fact that markets that go up will come down, and that when they do so quickly, you have the...
View ArticleValuation + DCF Model Download: Measuring and Managing the Value of...
Valuation is the single best guide of its kind, helping financial professionals worldwide excel at measuring, managing, and maximizing shareholder and company value. This new sixth edition provides...
View ArticleNo Mas, No Mas! The Vale Chronicles (Continued)!
I have used Vale as an illustrative example in my applied corporate finance book, and as a global mining company, with Brazilian roots, it allows me to talk about how financial decisions (on where to...
View ArticleHow Robust is a Smart Beta Strategy?
According to one scholarly count, there are no fewer than 314 factors that might be used in selecting a portfolio, each with a positive historical risk premium. A strategy construction could be...
View ArticleFundamental Analysis
Our Fundamental Analysis course will give you insight into a widely used form of market analysis for commodities markets. Trainer: Catherine Markey Duration: 1 Day Who should attend This course is...
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