Session 11: Loose Ends in Valuation

In this session, we started by looking at building a DCF model, and then talked about the loose ends in valuation, i.e., all the things you do after you have discounted cash flows back at the discount rate and why they matter. We started with cash, the simplest and most direct of all assets to value, and talked about why investors may attach a premium or discount to the cash balance of a company, arguing that discounts reflect a lack of trust in management. I mentioned a paper that looks at how the market discriminates across companies, when it comes to valuing cash balances. We then moved on to cross holdings, and why they are difficult to incorporate into value, and to other assets that you may consider adding on, because we have not considering them yet. On the latter, the key component to remember is not to double count an asset, by first counting its cash flow and then the value of the asset itself.
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