Spanish Abstract: En esta nota pedagoacute;gica presento algunas sugerencias e ideas que puede ser uacute;til tener en cuenta cuando se trata de pronosticar estados financieros a partir de datos histoacute;ricos. Las ideas que se presentan son el resultado de la experiencia de aconsejar a los...

En esta nota se ofrece, un sencillo resumen de los principales meacute;todos de valoracioacute;n de intangibles. Incluye la presentacioacute;n de conceptos baacute;sicos de valor del dinero en el tiempo y de contabilidad. Asiacute; mismo, se incluye una breve aproximacioacute;n al enfoque de...

This is the first chapter of our book Principles of Cash Flow Valuation. It is an overview of what we present in the book. In this chapter, we present an informal introduction to the basic concepts and ideas in market-based cash flow valuation. The simplified exposition will provide sufficient...

Usually in financial textbooks and courses the theory of portfolio selection is taught in a strictly theoretical way. There is a model (Markowitz) that stipulates that an investor has preferences and that she will choose the best portfolio, given her preference curves and an efficient frontier....

This is the second part of a paper where the construction of the free cash flow is studied. Usually a great deal of effort is given in typical financial textbooks to the mechanics of the calculations of time value of money equivalencies: payments, future values, present values, etc. This is...

This is the first part of a paper where the construction of the free cash flow is studied. Usually a great deal of effort is devoted in typical financial textbooks to the mechanics of the calculations of time value of money equivalencies: payments, future values, present values, etc. This is...

The purpose of this work is double. On one side, we wish to examine if subsidizing the cost of debt has some influence on the firm value (debt plus equity) or if it is just a transfer from debt holders to shareholders. On the other hand, we wish to show that research in Finance, as in many...

We discuss some ideas useful when forecasting financial statements that are based on historical data. The chapter is organized as follows: First we discuss the relevance of prospective analysis for non traded firms. In a second section we a basic reviews of subjects that will be needed for...