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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786953903321

Autore

Whitman Martin J

Titolo

Modern security analysis [[electronic resource] ] : understanding Wall Street fundamentals / / Martin J. Whitman, Fernando Diz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013

ISBN

1-118-60338-9

1-118-60265-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (496 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance series

Altri autori (Persone)

DizFernando <1956->

Disciplina

332.63/2042

Soggetti

Investment analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The foundations of modern business and security analysis -- pt. 2. Putting it all together : safe and cheap investing versus conventional approaches -- pt. 3. Real-world considerations -- pt. 4. Understanding resource conversion -- pt. 5. Active investors buy and sell common stocks on an advantageous basis.

Sommario/riassunto

A legendary value investor on security analysis for a modern era This book outlines Whitman's approach to business and security analysis that departs from most conventional security analysts. This approach has more in common with corporate finance than it does with the conventional approach. The key factors in appraising a company and its securities: 1) Credit worthiness, 2) Flows-both cash and earnings, 3) Long-term outlook, 4) Salable assets which can be disposed of without compromising the going concern, dynamics, 5) Resource conversions such as changes in control, mergers and acqu