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An intriguing look at the full range of value methods brought together for the first time

The biggest block to success in the stock market is unconscious investing, or following the crowd without asking the right questions such as: What is it really worth? Even more fundamental is: What rate of return can I confidently expect to get? Without having the methods to answer these questions is like trying to sail a boat without a rudder.

The Conscious Investor covers each of the main methods used to calculate value or return in the stock market, along with descriptions of how and when to use them, as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Interspersed throughout the methods are the timeless investment principles of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. The book:

  • Includes balance sheet methods, dividend discount methods, discounted cash flow methods, price ratio methods, and many others
  • Explains the significance of viewing real value as a combina

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments ix

    Introduction 1

    Chapter 1 What Is Intrinsic Value? 11

    Chapter 2 Price Is What You Pay. . . 23

    Chapter 3 . . . Value Is What You Get 53

    Chapter 4 Follow the Money 71

    Chapter 5 Everything Is Number and Ratio 109

    Chapter 6 Measuring Value by Taking Snapshots 143

    Chapter 7 A Bird in the Hand 169

    Chapter 8 The Joy of Dividends 195

    Chapter 9 Don’t Get Mad, Get Even 219

    Chapter 10 PEG and Friends 229

    Chapter 11 What Rate of Return Can I Expect? 241

    Chapter 12 Please, Sir, I Want Some More 261

    Chapter 13 Forecasting and the Three Most Important Words in Investing 287

    Chapter 14 Where Do We Go from Here? 319

    Appendix A Relationship between Return on Equity and Growth of Earnings 323

    Appendix B Calculations for Discount Methods 325

    Notes 333

    Glossary 345

    About the Author 353

    Disclaimer 355

    Index 357

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 9 November 2010
      ISBN-13 9780470604380
      978-0470604380
      ISBN-10 0470604387
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      Finance and accounting

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An intriguing look at the full range of value methods brought together for the first time

      The biggest block to success in the stock market is unconscious investing, or following the crowd without asking the right questions such as: What is it really worth? Even more fundamental is: What rate of return can I confidently expect to get? Without having the methods to answer these questions is like trying to sail a boat without a rudder.

      The Conscious Investor covers each of the main methods used to calculate value or return in the stock market, along with descriptions of how and when to use them, as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Interspersed throughout the methods are the timeless investment principles of Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett. The book:

      • Includes balance sheet methods, dividend discount methods, discounted cash flow methods, price ratio methods, and many others
      • Explains the significance of viewing real value as a combina

        Table of Contents

        Acknowledgments ix

        Introduction 1

        Chapter 1 What Is Intrinsic Value? 11

        Chapter 2 Price Is What You Pay. . . 23

        Chapter 3 . . . Value Is What You Get 53

        Chapter 4 Follow the Money 71

        Chapter 5 Everything Is Number and Ratio 109

        Chapter 6 Measuring Value by Taking Snapshots 143

        Chapter 7 A Bird in the Hand 169

        Chapter 8 The Joy of Dividends 195

        Chapter 9 Don’t Get Mad, Get Even 219

        Chapter 10 PEG and Friends 229

        Chapter 11 What Rate of Return Can I Expect? 241

        Chapter 12 Please, Sir, I Want Some More 261

        Chapter 13 Forecasting and the Three Most Important Words in Investing 287

        Chapter 14 Where Do We Go from Here? 319

        Appendix A Relationship between Return on Equity and Growth of Earnings 323

        Appendix B Calculations for Discount Methods 325

        Notes 333

        Glossary 345

        About the Author 353

        Disclaimer 355

        Index 357

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