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The Valuation Handbook

by Rawley Thomas and Benton E. Gup

Published 25 September 2009

The definitive guide to valuation written by a who's who of today's top practitioners

The Valuation Handbook differs significantly from other related books on this topic because the contributors are practitioners, academics, and investment firms that explain how they value companies and other assets. It concentrates on specific and innovative valuation techniques, rather than the theoretical approaches more generally accepted and discussed. Given the extreme volatility of the stock market, valuation is a critical issue for analysts, investors, and businesses. Here, various professional contributors explain how their firms approach the valuation process, while academic contributors share their valuation consulting and research experience.

• Examines how to value assets in today's dynamic market setting
• Offers a broad spectrum of ideas from some of the top practitioners and academics in this field
• Highlights state-of-the-art approaches to company valuation

Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, The Valuation Handbook puts this difficult discipline in perspective.

Valufocus Investing

by Rawley Thomas

Published 1 January 2012

A must-read book for investors who prefer to pick stocks based on cash flow facts, not on media hype and fiction How to Pick a Stock is written for the contrarian investor who wants an investing method that is based on cash flow facts, not on media hype and speculative impulse. This book combines an accessible presentation of a contrarian investment model and the ValuFocus tool that offers a highly studious, detailed explanation of understanding a company's true intrinsic value. If you can calculate a company's intrinsic value on the basis of knowing if the market is currently under, fairly, or over pricing its stock, then it is possible to invest wisely in the stock market. Investors who want to buy undervalued stocks, or sell (short) overvalued ones will find this book immensely useful. The ValuFocus investing tool calculates the intrinsic value of every company in their database automatically. Thus, an individual investor can become an "A" student of a modeling process, or can go right ahead in using this tool to pick stocks and manage their own portfolio. Additionally, this book helps to develop an enhanced framework to fundamental equity valuation.
* Contains the ValuFocus tool for calculating the intrinsic value of every company in the LCRT Nucleus database * Offers specific and innovative valuation techniques of practicing professionals for individuals to use in picking stocks long-term * Highlights the most state-of-the-art approaches to unconventional stock-picking for investors and corporate finance professionals Offering encouragement to individual investors by outlining a model that delivers satisfying returns, How to Pick a Stock is especially useful for those who are patient and believe in longer-term investing horizons.