Quick Education in Finance

 

Stock Analysis

 

Fool’s Dividend Discount Model:

http://www.fool.com/research/2000/features000406.htm

 

Business Week Discussion of DDM and Tech Stocks:

http://www.businessweek.com/2001/01_06/b3718116.htm

 

DDM Calculator:

http://www.economics.pomona.edu/GarySmith/PF/programs/StocksDiv.html

 

The Efficient Market Hypothesis:

http://www.deanlebaron.com/book/ultimate/chapters/mkt_eff.html

 

Basic Training for Stock Analysis:

http://www.winninginvesting.com/basic_training.htm

 

Harry Domash’s Best Investing Sites:

http://www.winninginvesting.com/best_investing_sites.htm

 

Industry Research Desk:

http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/

 

Modern Portfolio Theory

 

Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)

http://www.contingencyanalysis.com/glossarymodernportfoliotheory.htm

 

MPT-Yahoo

http://biz.yahoo.com/edu/bi/ir_bi5.ir.html

 

MPT-MoneyOnline

http://moneyonline.co.nz/calculator/theory.htm#correl

 

MPT Links (FYI only)

http://www.modporttheory.com/links.htm

 

 

Security Valuation

 

A Primer On All Securities:

http://www.cpd.fsu.edu/fp101/InvestmentVehicles.htm

 

Bond Valuation Primer:

http://webpage.pace.edu/pviswanath/class/652/notes/bonds.html

 

Bond Valuation (including duration):

http://www.finpipe.com/valuebnd.htm

 

 

EVA and MVA

 

Motley Fool on Cash Flow and Free Cash Flow

http://www.fool.com/School/CashFlowBasedValuations.htm

 

Cash Flow is King – EBITDA is not Cash Flow

http://www.ispreport.com/bwjune97.html

 

Pro Forma definition

http://www.bus.umich.edu/current/proforma.html

 

What is EVA?

http://www.sternstewart.com/evaabout/whatis.shtml

 

Does EVA Work?

http://www.sternstewart.com/evaabout/eva_works.shtml

 

What is MVA?

http://www.chiefexecutive.net/bench/mva/2000/162.htm

 

How are EVA and MVA related?

http://www.brandfinance.com/07.pdf

 

P.Peterson on Valuation

http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~ppeters/value/notes.htm#num2