New ways of looking, researching and valuing these companies need to be addressed. Valuation of Internet and Technology Stocks offers practical information to enable institutional investors to value internet.coms and high tech companies more accurately. The author highlights the deficiencies in existing stock market techniques and shows how they need to be modified or, in most cases, replaced with techniques more suited for the revolution in economies which had taken place since 1991. The economic rules in the financial market place have changed to the extent that strategies successfully applied in the post war era have now been relegated to the deleted items box. 'Valuation on Internet and Technology Stocks' reviews existing stock market techniques highlighting their deficiencies and show how the New Economics necessitates new forms of investment analysis. * Investigates why there has been a high correlation between high loss companies and a rocketing stock price * Questions whether there is still a place for discounted cash flows when there is no cash flow to discount * Considers what new methods are available to value super growth companies and whether these methods are any better than existing techniques

The contribution of research and development to a company's market value has grown considerably in recent years. In the mid-1970s, accountants were able to capture on their ledgers 90-95% of a firm's book value, but by 2000 the importance of intangible assets had grown to the point where they could account for only 13-15%. Financial economists and accountants have investigated the link between a firm's market value and its R & D spending, and various factions advocate a variety of positions on the amount and rate of investment, investors' ability to capture returns on that investment, and ways to measure value, investment, and returns. 'Tech Stock Valuation' extends the R & D literature by providing detailed direct evidence on the market value implications of inventive and innovative output. Specifically, the book demonstrates that stock-price effects of patent output are most pronounced in the case of of high-quality patents, where patent quality is measured by scientific merit. Scientific measures of patent quality give tech stock investors and R & D managers a valuable new tool that can be used to measure R & D program effectiveness. At the same time, it gives investors a new tool to help them assess the value of hard-to-measure intangible assets. *Provides detailed direct evidence on the market value implications of inventive and innovative output *Based on recent research, much of which Dr. Hirschey has pioneered *Gives financial professionals a new tool for assessing R & D quality and its relation to market valuation.

Tech Stock Valuation extends the R&D literature by providing detailed direct evidence on the market value implications of inventive and innovative output. Specifically, the text demonstrates that stock-price effects of patent output are most pronounced in the case of high-quality patents, where patent quality is measured by scientific merit. Scientific measures of patent quality give students a valuable new tool that can be used to measure R&D program effectiveness. At the same time, it gives investors a new tool to help them assess the value of hard-to-measure intangible assets. The book is an ideal resource for professionals working in finance and accounting; investment professionals and industry analysts who work for companies that engage in research and development; MBA students; economists working in industrial organizations, microeconomics, and contract theory. - Provides detailed direct evidence on the market value implications of inventive and innovative output - Based on recent research, much of which Dr. Hirschey has pioneered - Gives financial professionals a new tool for assessing R&D quality and its relation to market valuation

On 10 March 2000, stocks on the NASDAQ closed at all-time highs, before stock markets came to a crashing halt, when the so-called "dotcom-bubble" burst. Regarding today's market situation, on 31 December 2017, stock markets around the globe were closing at near all-time highs again. But this time around Asian technology stocks are playing a major role in this picture. In recent years, media has likened the idea of a potential new bubble developing in the US, comparing it to the events from the dotcom era. To the author's knowledge, the assessment of a potential technology stock bubble building in the Asian technology stock market has not been addressed yet by academic research. Therefore, this thesis aims to fill in this gap using an original research method. The cross-section of 153'681 firm-year observations of accounting and market prices data and 309 valuation reports were analyzed in an attempt to compare market prices and valuation methods of Asian technology companies today and during the dotcom-bubble. This thesis provided additional empirical evidence for the Ohlson (1995) model and the Xu & Cai (1996) model. Both models were able to explain less cross-sectional variation in Asia-Pacific technology stock market prices today compared to the historical period. Evidence from content analysis suggested that Asian technology stock valuation methods still share similarities to the valuation methods used for internet companies during the dotcom-bubble. In conclusion, the current situation in Asian technology stock markets cannot yet be seen as a bubble development.

This book describes an equity research approach which combines principles of value investing with domain specific expertise in the technology industry. The book also provides an overview of the financial services industry and the different types of conflicts of interest that drive market participants toward objectives that may not be aligned with those of the individual investor. The book describes an equity research process that I have followed throughout my career as a financial analyst, and shows that equity research is difficult not just for the technical skills involved but also due to behavioral issues that one has to deal with quite frequently when it comes to investing. Equity Research takes a lot of work - much more than an individual investor is likely to be able to commit given that her main profession is probably something other than investing. A central message of the book is for the individual investor to find an independent investment manager who she can trust to pursue an investment strategy that is aligned with her goals.

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Traders and investors spend fortunes in time and money trying to gauge the real value of individual stocks. The Streetsmart Guide to Valuing a Stock introduces proven techniques for analyzing a stock's value, spotting undervalued and overvalued stocks, and understanding the impact of interest rate changes and earnings reports on stock prices. New topics include: Finance theory in the stock valuation process Short-term stock price versus long-term value Use of valuation models to uncover misstatements and outright fraud