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		<title>Financial Valuation Concepts – Market Multiples Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A discounted cash flow valuation (or DCF) is theoretically the soundest approach to value assets or businesses in a financial modeling and analysis exercise. However, an alternate valuation approach known as market multiples analysis (also known as comparable companies analysis or direct comparison analysis) is widely used in practice, especially to value companies with high [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/alternative-financial-valuation-concepts/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Alternative Financial Valuation Concepts'>Alternative Financial Valuation Concepts</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/video/analysis-and-valuation-of-equity-investments/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Analysis and Valuation of Equity Investments'>Analysis and Valuation of Equity Investments</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/multiples-analysis/</link>
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		<title>Market Multiples Analysis – Pros and Cons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Market multiples are easy to apply and are widely used, but a good financial analyst should be aware that as a financial valuation approach, market multiples analysis also suffers from several serious limitations. We will examine some of the pros and cons of market multiple analysis, so that financial analysts can make an informed decision [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/alternative-financial-valuation-concepts/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Alternative Financial Valuation Concepts'>Alternative Financial Valuation Concepts</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/capital-budgeting-irr-npv/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Capital Budgeting and the Pros and Cons of IRR and NPV'>Capital Budgeting and the Pros and Cons of IRR and NPV</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/market-multiples/</link>
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		<title>Understanding The Value Of Intangible Assets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whilst valuing intangible assets was largely for accounting and compliance purposes before, there are now strategic reasons for businesses to understand how to manage, monetize and grow the value of their intangible and intellectual assets. This segment of UHY Advisors&#8217; Business in the Eye of the Storm series speaks to the need for businesses to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/accounting/basic-accounting-principles/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Basic Accounting Principles'>Basic Accounting Principles</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/planning/financial-models/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Big Picture: Understanding Different Types Of Financial Models'>The Big Picture: Understanding Different Types Of Financial Models</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/video/intangible-assets-valuation/</link>
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		<title>Incremental Cash Flows In Financial Modeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whilst it is common to consider cash flows in a financial model from a financial statement analysis perspective, a good financial analyst should also consider the concept of cash flow from the perspective of assessing a new business opportunity or capital investment project. The additional operating cash flow that a company or business owner receives [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/discounted-cash-flow/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Financial Valuation Concepts &#8211; Discounted Cash Flow'>Financial Valuation Concepts &#8211; Discounted Cash Flow</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/capital-budgeting-irr-npv/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Capital Budgeting and the Pros and Cons of IRR and NPV'>Capital Budgeting and the Pros and Cons of IRR and NPV</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/tricks/incremental-cash-flow/</link>
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		<title>Commonly Used Terms In Business &amp; Financial Valuation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Useful glossary of key business and financial valuation terms as prescribed and used by the members of leading business valuation professional societies and organizations in the United States and Canada.


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/total-enterprise-value/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Financial Valuation Concepts &#8211; Enterprise Value'>Financial Valuation Concepts &#8211; Enterprise Value</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/mechanics-of-discounted-cash-flow-valuation-wacc/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mechanics of Discounted Cash Flow Valuation – WACC'>Mechanics of Discounted Cash Flow Valuation – WACC</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/financial-valuation-terms/</link>
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		<title>Damodaran on Dividends and Stock Buy Backs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at the New York University’s Stern School of Business observed in his study of the 10 year historical dividend policies of all U.S. public listed companies, that there is general degree of inertia in company dividend policies &#8211; most companies pay out dividends that are similar to their past [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/video/analysis-and-valuation-of-equity-investments/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Analysis and Valuation of Equity Investments'>Analysis and Valuation of Equity Investments</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/financial-valuation-concepts-the-internal-rate-of-return-irr/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Financial Valuation Concepts – The Internal Rate of Return (IRR)'>Financial Valuation Concepts – The Internal Rate of Return (IRR)</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/valuation-concepts/damodaran-on-dividends-and-stock-buy-backs/</link>
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		<title>Minimize Spreadsheet Risk – Defining Inputs and Calculation Formula</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once all the expected results of a financial model have been clearly specified and agreed with all financial modeling team members, users and the eventual audience of the financial model results, defining the required inputs for the financial model and the calculation formula used to arrive at the financial model results should be a straight [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/tricks/spreadsheet-check-sums/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Financial Model &#8211; Use Spreadsheet Check sums to Detect Errors'>Building a Financial Model &#8211; Use Spreadsheet Check sums to Detect Errors</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/tricks/speadsheet-cell-maps/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Building a Financial Model &#8211; Use Spreadsheet Cell Maps to Detect Errors'>Building a Financial Model &#8211; Use Spreadsheet Cell Maps to Detect Errors</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/planning/spreadsheet-calculation-formula/</link>
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		<title>Using Monte Carlo Simulation Analysis for Finance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The long held assumptions that risk assessment metrics and risk premiums don&#8217;t change much have been dramatically challenged. The rapid, global meltdown of financial markets and the real economy in 2008 and 2009 has shown that risk premiums can change quickly in both developed and emerging businesses and markets. As a result, expected value and [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/financial-modeling-tips/planning/financial-models/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Big Picture: Understanding Different Types Of Financial Models'>The Big Picture: Understanding Different Types Of Financial Models</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/analytical-tools/monte-carlo-simulation/</link>
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		<title>Deducting Intangibles (Purchase Price Allocation)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video illustrates the steps you can take to deduct intangibles (purchase price allocation) for a mergers and acquisitions (M&#38;A) financial model, which makes useful viewing for any budding financial analyst interested in picking up financial modeling skills for M&#38;A situations. Related posts:Net Out Effect Of Depreciation and Capital Expenditure Analysis and Valuation of Equity [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/accounting/managerial-accounting/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Introduction to Managerial Accounting'>Introduction to Managerial Accounting</a></li>
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		<link>http://www.financialmodelingguide.com/accounting/deducting-intangibles-purchase-price-allocation/</link>
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