Investment valuation tools and techniques for determining the value of any asset

Abstract

Chapter 1: Introduction to Valuation -- Chapter 2: Approaches to Valuation -- Chapter 3: Understanding Financial Statements -- Chapter 4: The Basics of Risk -- Chapter 5: Option Pricing Theory and Models -- Chapter 6: Market Efficiency: Theory and Models -- Chapter 7: Riskless Rates and Risk Premiums -- Chapter 8: Estimating Risk Parameters and Costs of Financing -- Chapter 9: Measuring Earnings -- Chapter 10: From Earnings to Cash Flows -- Chapter 11: Estimating Growth -- Chapter 12: Closure in Valuation: Estimating Terminal Value -- Chapter 13: Dividend Discount Models -- Chapter 14: Free Cashflow to Equity Models -- Chapter 15: Firm Valuation: Cost of Capital and APV Approaches -- Chapter 16: Estimating Equity Value Per Share -- Chapter 17: Fundamental Principles of Relative Valuation -- Chapter 18: Earnings Multiples -- Chapter 19: Book Value Multiples -- Chapter 20: Revenue and Sector-Specific Multiples -- Chapter 21: Valuing Financial Service Firms -- Chapter 22: Valuing Firms with Negative Earnings -- Chapter 23: Valuing Young and Start-up Firms -- Chapter 24: Valuing Private Firms -- Chapter 25: Acquisitions and Takeovers -- Chapter 26: Valuing Real Estate -- Chapter 27: Valuing Other Assets -- Chapter 28: The Option to Delay and Valuation Implications -- Chapter 29: The Option to Expand and Abandon: Valuation Implications -- Chapter 30: Valuing Equity in Distressed Firms -- Chapter 31: Value Enhancement: A Discounted Cashflow Framework -- Chapter 32: Value Enhancement: EVA, CFROI and Other Tools -- Chapter 33: Valuing Bonds -- Chapter 34: Valuing Forward and Futures Contracts -- Chapter 35: Overview and Conclusions.