recent evidence that casts some doubt on it. EVIDENCE IN FAVOR OF MARKET EFFICIENCY Evidence in favor of market efficiency has examined the performance of investment analysts and mutual funds‚ whether stock prices reflect publicly available information‚ the random-walk behavior of stock prices‚ and the success of technical analysis. Performance of Investment Analysts and Mutual Funds We have seen that one implication of the efficient market hypothesis is that when purchasing a security‚ you cannot
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Valuation & Accounting Global November 2001 Valuation Multiples: A Primer Global Equity Research www.ubswarburg.com/researchweb In addition to the UBS Warburg web site our research products are available over third-party systems provided or serviced by: Bloomberg‚ First Call‚ I/B/E/S‚ IFIS‚ Multex‚ QUICK and Reuters UBS Warburg is a business group of UBS AG Valuation Primer Series Peter Suozzo +852-2971 6121 s peter.suozzo@ubsw.com Stephen Cooper +44-20-7568
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2.1 Background of the Studies Valuation is the first step toward intelligent investing. When an investor attempts to determine the worth of her shares based on the fundamentals‚ it helps her make informed decisions about what stocks to buy or sell. Without fundamental value‚ one is set adrift in a sea of random short-term price movements and gut feelings. Before we can value a share of stock‚ we have to have some notion of what a share of stock is. A share of stock is not some magical creation
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How to build brand equity Contents I. Introduction II. What is brand equity? • Definition: Brand equity • Sources of brand equity • Positive brand equity vs. negative brand equity III. Creating brand equity • Brand position • How to create brand equity? - Selecting brand elements - Integrating with marketing activities - Creating secondary brand associations IV. Summary and Conclusion V. References Introduction In modern society‚ brands
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SUBJECT: COMPANY VALUATION CASE STUDY: BIOTECHNOLOGY S.A Prepared by: Tran Ngoc Minh (MEBF 5th) Assignment: Company Valuation Case Study: BioTechnology Student: Tran Ngoc Minh – MEBF 5th TABLE OF CONTENT I. Introduction of company valuation methods and process........................................................3 1. Abstract................................................................................................................................3 2. Valuation methods.........
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2 ‚ 1. Given an interest rate of 7.3 percent per year‚ what is the value at date t = 7 of a perpetual stream of $2‚100 annual payments that begins at date t = 15? 2100 0.073 1 1.073 17‚567.03 2. You’ve just joined the investment banking firm of Dewey‚ Cheatum‚ Howe. They’ve offered you two different salary arrangements. You can have $90‚000 per year for the next two years and or you can have $65‚000 per year for the next two years‚ along with a $45‚000 signing bonus
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Bachelor Thesis Department of Business Studies Århus‚ the 3rd of May 2010 Valuation of BMW - Financial & Strategic Analysis Authors Rasmus Ramshøj Pløen Exam no. 282821 BSc (B/IM) Mikkel Kronborg Olesen Exam no. 283755 BSc (B) Academic Advisor Nicolai Borcher Hansen ASB Aarhus School of Business TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PREFACE ..............................................................................................................................................................
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LECTURE STOCK VALUATION 1. Common stock valuation A share of common stock is more difficult to value in practice than a bond‚ for at least three reasons. First‚ with common stock‚ not even the promised cash flows are known in a advance. Second‚ the life of the investment is essentially forever‚ since common stock has no maturity. Third‚ there is no way to easily observe the rate of return that the market requires. Nonetheless‚ as we will see‚ there are cases in which we can come up with
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1. Based on prices for comparable transactions‚ how would you assess the reasonableness of the Bet Performers $133 million purchase price in May 2008? To value a ship using the market approach‚ one had to identify a set of “comparable” ships where comparability was based on four main factors: ship type‚ size (DWT)‚ age‚ and condition. According to Exhibit 3‚ there are five ships which are the most comparable to Bet Performer. They are Martha Verity‚ Ingenious‚ Sumihou‚ Cape Sun‚ and Coppersmith
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Techniques in Finance & Valuation 1 What is Valuation? Valuation: Methods of quantifying how much money something should be exchanged for today‚ considering future benefits. We will teach 4 valuation methods Trading Comparables Transaction Comparables Sum-of-the-Parts Valuation Discounted Cash Flow Analysis (DCF) $ 2 Why is Valuation important? Acquisitions: How much should we pay for the company? Divestitures: How much should we sell our company for? Sell-side Research: Should our clients
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