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The Little Book of Valuation:

How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit
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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 29, 2011 - Business & Economics - 256 pages
An accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuation

Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. In The Little Book of Valuation, expert Aswath Damodaran explains the techniques in language that any investors can understand, so you can make better investment decisions when reviewing stock research reports and engaging in independent efforts to value and pick stocks.

Page by page, Damodaran distills the fundamentals of valuation, without glossing over or ignoring key concepts, and develops models that you can easily understand and use. Along the way, he covers various valuation approaches from intrinsic or discounted cash flow valuation and multiples or relative valuation to some elements of real option valuation.

  • Includes case studies and examples that will help build your valuation skills
  • Written by Aswath Damodaran, one of today's most respected valuation experts
  • Includes an accompanying iPhone application (iVal) that makes the lessons of the book immediately useable

Written with the individual investor in mind, this reliable guide will not only help you value a company quickly, but will also help you make sense of valuations done by others or found in comprehensive equity research reports.

  

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Review: The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

User Review  - Jacob - Goodreads

This is a very good summary of valuation techniques for investment purposes, but after the introduction it reads like a textbook. Thank heavens it's short! Thy dry writing is in part due to its ... Read full review

Review: The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit

User Review  - Bruceschneider21 - Goodreads

The book was a bit over my head. This is one that would take a lot of study to really benefit the investor. Read full review

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Contents

ValueMore Than a Number
3
Power Tools of the Trade
13
Yes Virginia Every Asset Has an Intrinsic Value
35
Its All Relative
59
From Cradle to GraveLife Cycle and Valuation
81
Promise Aplenty
83
Growing Pains
105
Valuation Viagra
125
Doomsday
143
Breaking the MoldSpecial Situations in Valuation
161
Bank on It
163
RollerCoaster Investing
185
Invisible Value
203
Rules for the Road
225
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About the author (2011)

Aswath Damodaran is Professor of Finance at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding teaching, including the NYU university-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, and was named one of the nation's top business school teachers by BusinessWeek in 1994. He has written or coedited numerous books, including Damodaran on Valuation, Investment Valuation, Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Investment Philosophies, and Applied Corporate Finance (all published by Wiley), as well as The Dark Side of Valuation, Investment Fables, and Strategic Risk Taking.

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