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5/26/10 6:56AM
RE: GAAP
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David
To be clear GAAP financials are still produced. The EV calculation is an additional disclosure. The point I wanted to make is nobody looks at GAAP.
There are numerous reasons for this including
1) An investment is... login to read the rest
Bafana,
I do not think that Appraisal Values are better than GAAP, and I can see immediately why Appraisal Value will never be adopted in the US. Between FASB and the SEC, the utility of GAAP... login to read the rest
I appreciate your comments on embedded value and appraisal value. Part of the reason for the write-up was to introduce the concept to VIC because I have never understood why this methodlogy is not popular... login to read the rest
I could have gone into the gory details that analysts love to focus on, but, I wanted to move straight in to the valuation. I also wanted to focus on the economics of the business... login to read the rest
This write-up is academic, full of assumptions, and very reliant on management statements. There is very little in the way of real analysis and unfortunately, I still have very little sense of African Bank's actual... login to read the rest
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