Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock

by Gary Gray, Patrick Cusatis, J. Randall Woolridge

Overview

Traders and investors spend fortunes in time and money trying to gauge the real value of individual stocks. The Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock introduces proven techniques for analyzing a stock's value, spotting undervalued and overvalued stocks, and understanding the impact of interest rate changes and earnings reports on stock prices. New topics include:

• Finance theory in the stock valuation process
• Short-term stock price versus long-term value
• Use of valuation models to uncover misstatements and outright fraud

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071436236
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	09/22/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Gary Gray, Patrick Cusatis, and J. Randall Woolridge are professors of finance at Penn State University. Their articles have appeared in numerous academic journals.

Table of Contents

Empower Yourself with Information!
How to Value A Stock.
The Importance of Cash Flow.
The Five Most Important Cash Flow Measures.
"Don't Count Until You Discount!"
Where and How to Obtain Information for Valuations.
Valuations in Action.
A Spreadsheet Valuation Approach.
Appendices:
A: Web Site Addresses.
B: Stock Market Efficiency.
C: Investors' Required Return on Stocks.