Porter’s Five Forces: A Model for Industry Analysis

by Daniel Tumm

When analyzing an industry, there are many approaches that can be taken. One framework known as Porter’s Five Forces is a simple, yet powerful tool that is often overlooked when evaluating the…

An Alternative Metric for Investors: On-Balance Volume

by Yunlong Zhao

On-Balance Volume (OBV) is a volume indicator that specifically follows the volume movement of a particular security. It is one of the best leading indicators of the market that we as investors…

APV Method: Take Financing into Valuation

by Catherine Zhang

The traditional discounted cash flow (DCF) method in which free cash flows are discounted to the present using Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) may not be appropriate in every circumstance. The WACC…

Increasing Value with Corporate Spin-offs

by Rebecca Sze

Corporate spin-off deals are often overshadowed by the 900 M&A deals that occur each month, but with about 40 spin-offs occurring per year, these deals are certainly worth understanding. In 2014, tech giant…

Denmark: Why you should short EURDKK now

by Daniel Kraft, Shyam Chandula, Alex Pizzirani, Dan Cassara, and Qi Zheng

Summary:

• Short EURDKK based on expectations that the Danish National Bank will have to adjust the EURDKK peg by the second half of…

Slicing the CEO Salary Pie

by Calvin Chu

This past week, British banking services Barclays Group announced new CEO Jes Staley’s salary to be $12.6m for the upcoming year. At first glance, this large sum may elicit various reactions from investors — some may believe the number to be…

Changing Consumer Preferences: the Kraft-Heinz Merger

by Willa Wang

The Kraft-Heinz Merger depicts one of the largest mergers of the year. The 49 billion dollar merger, conducted by 3G and Berkshire Hathaway, will enable Kraft-Heinz to become the 5th largest food…

The NBA in China

by Michael Selin

The NBA has seen considerable growth the past several years both domestically and internationally. One of the most potentially lucrative international markets for the NBA is that of China, with 300 million playing basketball and even more potential…

Wine for the win?

by Daniel Chen

While gold is perhaps the most popular form of alternative investment, wine is beginning to come up as a possible replacement. Like gold, wine can be invested in through a variety of methods. The most direct route, of course, is to purchase cases of high…

The Economics of Terrorism

by Pradeep Sreekumar

Terrorism has been a hot-button topic that has reared its head several times in the last century. Given the recent condemnable attacks in Peshawar and in Paris, the subject is again in the limelight. Severe damage to infrastructure and…