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SPECULATIVE EARNINGS AND RECENT STOCK PRICE MOVEMENTS
In a clever and useful analysis, Ronen Israel, Kristoffer Laursen, and Scott Richardson of AQR use the residual income approach to break down how the value of a company’s stock depends on three components: its book value, the value of its predictable earnings, and the value of its speculative earnings. The first component, the book value, can be read off the balance sheet. The second component, the value of predictable earnings, is based on the assumption that the company meets analyst forecasts for the current year and the following year. In all future years beyond year two, the earnings are assumed to be equal to year two earnings. The final component, the speculative value, equals everything else. The speculative value is calculated by starting with the stock price and subtracting the book value and the value of predictable earnings. The speculative value incorporates all the growth in earnings that the market expects beyond the first two years. To summarize,
By Jacob Wolinsky6 years ago in Trader
ASSET MANAGERS GOT SBA PPP LOANS, BUT DID THEY NEED THEM?
The Small Business Association’s (SBA)’s Payroll Protection Program (PPP) handed out loans to small businesses, but it isn’t just small businesses getting the loans. Criticism of the program continues as officials released details on hundreds of thousands of businesses that received PPP loans from the SBA, many of which will be forgivable.
By Jacob Wolinsky6 years ago in Trader
TOP SHORTS IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THAT PAID OFF BIG TIME
It’s incredibly difficult to make big money shorting stocks. You need a strong conviction in your bets. You need to have a firm belief that something is cooking in the company that most people overlook or choose to ignore. Those shorting stocks during the COVID-19 pandemic have made more than $50 billion in profits.
By Jacob Wolinsky6 years ago in Trader
Seizing the Economy
Many economists have created theories to understand the movement and volume of the economy. The economy is the nervous system of the government. There are so many factors that determine its consistency such as the job market, housing market, educational training, and governmental assistance. Jobs market determines the number of people that are employed, employment means to increase revenue and longevity for the economy creating a continual cycle. The housing market determines the rate that properties are invested and is the greatest taxation for the government creating higher and stable yield overtime. Educational training is the state of our educational system filled with successes of paying loans and students receiving qualified jobs that they work long-term. Our economy is multi-dimensional. And there is no better time than to learn the influences on the economy to make educated life choices.
By Distinguished Honorary Alumni Dr. Matthew Primous6 years ago in Trader
TOP SHORTS IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THAT PAID OFF BIG TIME
It’s incredibly difficult to make big money shorting stocks. You need a strong conviction in your bets. You need to have a firm belief that something is cooking in the company that most people overlook or choose to ignore. Those shorting stocks during the COVID-19 pandemic have made more than $50 billion in profits.
By Jacob Wolinsky6 years ago in Trader
Intro Stock Market Investing Course
Let’s start with a stock market definition, shall we? In a nutshell, the stock market is where investors can buy and sell securities, or stakes in individual companies as well as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (ETFs think: Stash, Acorns, Qapital)
By Russell Whitney6 years ago in Trader
4 Financial Decisions You’ll Never Regret
You shouldn’t wait until you have money to get smart about money. After all, how are you going to get rich if you don’t get started saving and taking other money-smart steps as soon as you can? Here are some financial decisions that you’ll never regret – decisions that you should be making now to set you up for success later.
By Damien Justus6 years ago in Trader
Appreciation in Value
A short-term buzz of excitement is often valued in modern life over an extensive period of long-term gain. Take a meal, or a round of drinks, for example. They are often finished within a matter of hours and forgotten by the time the next occasion rolls around — unless they have been captured by the camera of the annually replaced iPhone.
By James Patefield6 years ago in Trader
Tesla Skyrockets On Delivery News
Tesla stock skyrocketed yet again after the company's Q2 deliveries smashed consensus estimates. Tesla said it delivered 90,650 vehicles during the second quarter, representing a 28.9% beat over the consensus Q2 deliveries number of 70,328.
By Jacob Wolinsky6 years ago in Trader





