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Dark Accounting Matter

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Colleen Honigsberg (Stanford Law School), on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Editor's Note: Colleen Honigsberg is Associate Dean of Curriculum and Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. The S&P 500 currently trades at a price to book value of 4.2, This post is based on her recent paper. more…)

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Amortization in accounting 101

ThomsonReuters

Amortization in accounting is a technique that is used to gradually write-down the cost of an intangible asset over its expected period of use or, in other words, useful life. This shifts the asset to the income statement from the balance sheet. What are intangible assets? What is an amortization schedule?

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M&A Valuation Methods: Your Essential Guide with 7 Key Methods

Valutico

Valutico | May 7, 2024 Valuation is really important in finance. It’s about figuring out how much an asset or company is worth right now. This guide talks about the main ways we figure out value during M&A deals, why they’re useful, and what challenges they bring.

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Data Update 3 for 2025: The times they are a'changin'!

Musings on Markets

In my first two data posts for 2025, I looked at the strong year that US equities had in 2024, but a very good year for the overall market does not always translate into equivalent returns across segments of the market. trillion in market cap just in 2024 , and that over the last five (ten) years, the sector has added $11.3