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Poitras, Geoffrey, 1954-

Valuation of equity securities : history, theory and application / Geoffrey Poitras. - New Jersey ; London : World Scientific, c2011. - x, 753 p. : ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 701-739) and index.

Contents:
PART I: Philosophy, History, and Equity Securities;
1. The Philosophy of Equity Valuation;
1.1. The Equity Security Landscape;
1.2. Risk, Return, and Uncertainty;
1.3. Fact, Conjecture, and Rhetoric;

2. History of Equity Securities;
2.1. Early History of Equity Security Markets;
2.2. Developments to Graham and Dodd (1934);
2.3. Derivative Security Renaissance;

3. Modern Equity Security Valuation;
3.1. Foundations of Old Finance;
3.2. Value Stocks and Growth Stocks;
3.3.Modern Finance and New Finance;

PART II: Theories of Equity Security Valuation;
4. Discounted Cash Flow Models;
4.1. History of Equity Valuation Models;
4.2. A Variety of DCF Models;
4.3. Basic Theory of Interest;

5. Stochastic Theories of Equity Value;
5.1 Foundations of Modern Finance;
5.2 Ergodicity and Asset Pricing Theories;
5.3 Bifurcation and Multimodal Densities;
Appendix: Preliminaries and Proofs;

6. Technical Analysis Demystified;
6.1 What is Technical Analysis?;
6.2 Traditional Technical Analysis;
6.3 Recent Developments in Technical Modeling Appendix: The Story of Richard Hanks;

PART III: Fundamental Analysis and Equity Valuation;
7. Fundamental Analysis for Equity Securitis;
7.1. What is Fundamental Analysis?;
7.2. Interpreting Financial Statements;
7.3. Accounting, Legal, and Other Issues;

8. Resource Companies: Oil Sands Producers;
8.1. The Oil Sands and the Syncrude Project;
8.2. Investment in Off-Shore Companies;
8.3. Fundamental Valuation;
References;
Index.

ISBN: 9789814295383 (hbk.) 9814295388 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2011410146

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Stocks.
Corporations--Valuation.

LC Class. No.: HG4661 / .P59 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 332.63221