EBITDA is not the same as Cash Flows
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CAPM – can you really price the risk in equity markets?
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CAGR – how does compounding even work?
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ROIC – do we finally have a good measure of value creation?
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Depreciation Expense – non cash but is it important?
MEANING OF DEPRECIAITON EXPENSE Every business needs certain fixed assets like Building, vehicles, plant and machinery, Laptops etc. to carry out its operations smoothly and to be more productive. Every
Goodwill in accounting – blessing or a curse?
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Earnings per share (EPS) – Is this “the metric” to track?
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