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Robert Shiller Explains What Keeps Him Up At Night
Saturday, July 29, 2017 - 9:38am | 406Robert Shiller, the famed Nobel laureate and economics professor at Yale University, has some alarming facts about the stock market that cause him to "lie awake worrying." The stock market's low volatility coupled with a questionable price to earnings ratio for stocks could result in...
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Low Vol Hot Streak Could Be Cooled By Valuations
Monday, August 29, 2016 - 8:38am | 631The PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio (PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE: SPLV)) and the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA ETF (iShares Trust (NYSE: USMV)) are undoubtedly two of 2016's hottest ETFs. Investors have plunked down $6.3 billion in new money into USMV since...
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Is Lululemon Making A Comeback?
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 9:30am | 388On Monday, the broader market suffered a decline as investors began to get jittery about volatility in China, the Federal Reserve's interest rate increase and valuation concerns. However, luxury athletic apparel retailer Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) posted massive gains, with shares...
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How Much Is Twitter Really Worth?
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 3:45pm | 1103The original article, part of the Morning Monte series, was published here. Internet microblogging platform Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) owes most of its market value to speculation. Models demonstrate the substantial gap between short-term fundamentals and Twitter's valuation at $38....
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Damodaran On DCF Valuation: Academic Exercise, Sales Pitch Or Investor Tool?
Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 6:04pm | 2473This post is the opinion of the author and has not been edited. In my last post, I noted that I will be teaching my valuation class, starting tomorrow (February 2, 2015). While the class looks at the whole range of valuation approaches, it is built around intrinsic valuation,...
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Tesla Could Be Worth $9 (TSLA)
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 3:57pm | 697Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares have sold off of intraday highs heading into the close Thursday, but still traded sharply higher on the session. Shares rose over 14 percent to $153.30 per share after making a new all-time high of $158.88 following its second consecutive quarterly profit. However...
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Is Penford's Price Appropriate?
Friday, June 15, 2012 - 3:06pm | 1039Price: $8.15 Forward P/E: 41 Earnings Growth: N/AProjected Sales Growth: 16.6% Market Cap: $92.25 million Why it's Featured: Natural based systems and gluten free products.Watch Out For: Valuation is high unless management really hits the forecasted numbers; still very small.Penford Corporation (...
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Faces of Death: Part One
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 6:56am | 358The bankruptcy of American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) this week and never-ending talk of punk profitability for retailers this holiday season has got me to thinking about potential corporate death stories. I always find it amazing that investors gravitate to a $5 stock instead of a $100 stock because...