Endnotes

Chapter 1

1. Irving Fisher, The Nature of Capital and Income (New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1965 reprint of 1906 original), p. 188.

2. The DCF formula is: PV = E × (1 + G)/(R – G) where PV is present value (or price you would be willing to pay), E is profits, G is the long-term growth rate of those profits, and R is the discount rate. Make the growth rate 0 (zero), and the formula simplifies to PV = E/R. If you move the E over, the P/E equals 1 over the discount rate.

3. FactSet Research Systems and Federated Investors, 2012, as of November 27, 2012. Out of 3,726 securities, 52.5% were without dividends. A similar analysis of the Russell 3000 Index showed 50.9% without dividends.

4. FactSet Research Systems and Federated Investors, as ...

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