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Discount Rate—Explanation, Definition and Examples

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The discount rate effectively encapsulates the risk associated with an investment; riskier investments attract a higher discount rate. Different types of discount rates such as risk-free rate, cost of equity, or cost of debt, are used contextually in financial analysis.

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M&A Terms Every Business Owner Should Know

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You may hear Asset Value used in place of Book Value, but this is not precisely correct because Book Value includes not only Asset Value, but also subtracts the value of liabilities of a company. It is typically the highest risk/highest potential return portion of a company’s capital structure.