Archive for February, 2011

DLB Earnings Update: 2011-Q1
Posted on 22. Feb, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
In one of my previous posts, I wrote about my investment thesis for Dolby Laboratories (DLB). Recently, after the earning release of the first quarter of 2011, DLB stock price is down 15% to around $51-$52. What spooked the market was the downward revision of the revenue guidance for the year 2011 to $930 – […]
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Long Term Investing vs Speculation
Posted on 19. Feb, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
A lot of people when they think about investing in stocks, they imagine trading stocks. So, let’s try to get the basics cleared up about what I mean when I say “investing” on this site. At a very basic level, there are two distinct ways to profit from the stock market – 1) exploit the […]
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Stock Valuation Flow Chart
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by TheFreeInvestor.
Even with all its shortcomings, discounted cashflow (DCF) valuation is one of the most widely used/abused stock valuation approaches. However, the plain vanilla DCF model needs a number of adjustments to be practically useful as a valuation tool. I captured the end to end process in this flow chart – (Note: Click on the image […]