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You hear the term in the news often enough, but knowing what a leveraged buy out (LBO) is may have been beyond you until know. Simply put, a leveraged buy out involves the purchase of a company while using a large amount of borrowed funds. It is common that the assets of the purchased firm [...]

As the name implies, the anticipated earnings per share gives investors a simple way to anticipate exactly what they will earn per share of stock they own. The Financial Accounting Standards Board demands that each company include in its income statements the EPS for each major category of income. These categories include continuing operations, discontinued [...]

Not sure how to assess a stock or company? It’s not surprising. Few people actually understand this kind of math. By using the Book Value of Equity Per Share (BVEPS) you get a minimum value of the company’s equity. This worth is determined by comparing the original value of the common stock and is adjusted [...]

There are many metrics used to analyze the market and financial trends; the Long-Run Average Total Cost (LRATC) is one of these tools. As the name implies, the LRATC displays the average cost of a particular unit of product over a long period of time. All the inputs into the analysis are deemed variable. Since [...]

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a technical index used to analyze financial markets. It compares the magnitude of recent losses and gains so as to assess the overbought or oversold conditions of a particular asset. This assessment allows the investor to determine when it is wise to purchase or sell a particular stock. The [...]