Accurate valuations are paramount in financial analysis, influencing corporate strategies, as well as investment decisions and market perceptions. Among various valuation methods, the discounted cash ...

Dako's research examining post-pandemic LBO valuation reveals that traditional discounted cash flow models and comparable company analyses proved inadequate during 2020-2021, when pandemic conditions ...

Few people understand the rise of quantitative financial techniques, and their limits, as well as Emanuel Derman does. The South African–born scientist earned a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics ...

Financial modeling predicts a company’s financial performance using historical data. Financial modeling aids in decision-making for budgeting, investing, and valuation. Models can apply to diverse ...

Home mortgage lenders will have to meet a new set of standards designed to ensure that their tech-fueled appraisals don’t build in flaws that might produce faulty estimates or discriminate against ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a new rule that could impact lenders using forms of artificial intelligence in their lending practice. The rule affects mortgage ...

On June 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau along with Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, NCUA and FHFA (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on ...

Nvidia Corporation stock is extremely overvalued if we use traditional valuation models that are built to assume identifiable trends and predictable forecasts. The nature of Nvidia's business, as a ...

First Financial Bankshares has been a relatively soft performer since my opening piece last year, trailing the wider small bank space as well as other Texan banks. Fourth quarter results were strong, ...