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Why is Dell currently trading above the buyout price?
Dell is going private at $13.65 per share, so why is it trading at $13.95 per share right now? Does anybody know when the buyout will actually go through? I can't seem to find that information ...
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How does one value Facebook stock as a potential investment?
What techniques would you use to valuate Facebook to determine whether its current stock price is inflated, or whether it represents a good investment?
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How do NOLs (Net Operating Losses) affect an investment decision?
[A company trading on the NYSE for $1.85/share] just had a conference
call...
They have... cash equivalents of $2.27/share. They have more than
$1/share in NOLs.
NOL, I guess, is Net ...
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Do any sites offer historical valuation statistics?
I am new to investing and just learning the basics such as fundamental analysis. One thing I am interested in is retrieving historical figures such as P/E, PEG, EPS, etc. Does anyone know where this ...
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How are investment funding valued when invested in a company before it goes public?
Is there are particular method for banks or individuals when their capital is invested in the company before going public?
To make it more clear, how was the Facebook Inc. and Goldman Sachs deal ...
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Can a wealthy investor invest in or make a deal with a company before it goes public / IPO?
Can a wealthy investor invest his money in any company before it goes public / IPO? I am referring to a recent Goldman Sachs and Facebook deal worth $450 Million at a valuation of $50 Billion dollars.
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How exactly could we rank or value how “rich” a company brand is?
I've just read http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/apple-brand-value-at-153-billion-overtakes-google-for-top-spot.html and it says Apple's brand value is $153.3 billion and Google's is $111.5 ...
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Why would a company care about the price of its own shares in the stock market?
After a company has issues shares, why should it care if the value of the shares go up and down?
Since the shares are now being traded among the public, if the value goes up or down, that is strictly ...
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Var, Free Cash Flow, Moving Average of Closing price
Instead of P/BV only and P/E and Debt/Own capital, and other ratios like that could someone use instead:
VAR/IVAR/TVAR ?
Free Cash Flow
Trend of Moving Average of Closing prices
in his arsenal? ...
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How to evaluate stocks? e.g. Whether some stock is cheap or expensive?
What kind of information do you obtain before buying (or selling) a stock? I know the PE ratio is very important, but not the only thing. Are there any rules of thumb to determine whether some stock ...
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Why would selling off some stores improve a company's value?
I was watching Mad Money last night and he was discussing Sunoco how they were planning to liquidate some of their retail locations, thereby improving their value. Why is it that removing locations ...
