💰Breaking Down the DCF: How the Pros Value Companies


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In today's issue:

  • Mastering Business Valuation: Breaking down DCF for informed investment decisions.
  • The Power and Pitfalls of Brands: Professor Damodaran's insights on brand value.
  • Share Cannibals Over Two Decades: Strategies of aggressive share buybacks.
  • Investing Wisdom in Uncertain Times: Timeless ideas from Thomas Chua.
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Breaking down the DCF: How the pros value businesses.

Professor Damodaran teaches us about the power of brands, how they can unravel, and how to value them.

20 of the most prolific share cannibals over the past 20 years.

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The secret to investing well in uncertain times. Always relevant ideas from Thomas Chua.

Charlie Munger's idea of identifying genius and letting them run.


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