The extended critical interview is especially flexible as a form, by turns tenacious and glancing, elliptical or sustained, combining argument and counter-argument, reflection, history and memoir with a freedom normally denied to its subjects in conventional writing formats. Lives on the Left brings together sixteen such interviews from New Left Review in a group portrait of intellectual engagement in the twentieth century and since.Four generations of intellectual...

The Definitive Guide to Valuing Hard-to-Value Companies: Fully Revised for Today’s Financial MarketsValuing money-making companies that have long histories and established business models is straightforward. It is when you encounter difficult-to-value companies that you feel the urge to go over to the dark side of valuation—where you abandon first principles and create new metrics. Aswath Damodaran looks at a range of these companies, from start-ups in new business...

★★★亞馬遜4.2星讀者好評★★★WILEY經典「The Little Book」系列華爾街「估值大師」帶你找出一家未來能賺錢的好公司！◎你真的瞭解自己買的股票有多少價值嗎？現在人人都在提倡存股或用基本面選股票，但99% 的人從不去估算自己的投資是否合理，紐約大學金融學教授、有華爾街「估值智庫」美譽的亞斯華斯‧達摩德仁將讓你明白，仔細評估一間公司的價值將帶給你多大的收益。請別「相信」股票未來會漲，而是「知道」股票未來會漲！◎為什麼得學估值？估值看的是一家公司的基本面，也是一家公司的實際價值。所以，學會估值，可以幫你做到以下三件事：1選出好股票。2清楚知道手中股票的價值和目標價，做到低買高賣。3知道自己為什麼買進，抱得持久，再也不受股價起伏的影響。

★★★★★亞馬遜讀者4.5星推薦★★★★★高品質的估值，既要有數字，也得有故事。◤一家從未盈利的公司，為何能得到數十億美元估值？為什麼有些新創企業能夠吸引大量投資，而另一些不能？為什麼那麼多精明投資人，會陷入矽谷獨角獸的醫療騙局？◢在有「估值教父」之稱、全球廣受推崇的估值和財務專家亞斯華斯．達摩德仁看來，正是故事的力量驅動企業價值，為數字增添血肉，成功說服那些謹小慎微的投資者去承擔風險。▌動人的故事＋漂亮的數字＝更好的估值 ▌亞馬遜、Airbnb、Uber、京東、滴滴⋯⋯這些公司都用「講故事」完成一項「不可能」的任務——在尚未盈利之時，藉由描繪本身特有的商業模式，展示令人心潮澎湃的企業願景，吸引投資人、消費者和客戶成為忠實「聽眾」，從而獲得不斷高漲的估值。在商業世界中，既有故事講者講述引人入勝的故事，也有數字專家構建估值模型和公式。這兩者都是一家企業的成功關鍵，但只有彼此結合起來，...

Guide to making accurate business valuations based on investing metrics that matterIn The Little Book of Valuation: How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock, and Profit, professor and economist Aswath Damodaran guides readers through the fundamentals and step-by-step process of picking winning companies to invest in. In the book, you'll learn how to make your own accurate valuation assessments, avoiding common pitfalls and mistakes along the way.From w...

THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING COMPANY GROWTH AND DECLINE —FROM THE UNDISPUTED EXPERT ON VALUATIONThroughout his storied career, Aswath Damodaran has searched for the universal key to demystify corporate finance and valuation. Now, at last, he offers the groundbreaking answer to readers everywhere.It turns out there is a corporate lifecycle very much like our own — with unique stages of growth and decline. And just as we must learn to act our age, so too must com...

How can a company that has never turned a profit have a multibillion dollar valuation? Why do some start-ups attract large investments while others do not? Aswath Damodaran, finance professor and experienced investor, argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers and persuading even cautious investors to take risks. In business, there are the storytellers who spin compelling narratives and the number-crunchers who construct meaningful models and account...

Updated edition of the definitive guide to investment valuation tools and techniquesInvestment Valuation: Tools and Techniques for Determining the Value of Any Asset delves into valuation techniques for a variety of different asset classes, including real options, start-up firms, unconventional assets, distressed companies and private equity, real estate, and many more, and explains how to choose the right model for any given asset valuation scenario. The ...

The guide for investors who want a better understanding of investment strategies that have stood the test of timeThis thoroughly revised and updated edition of Investment Philosophies covers different investment philosophies and reveal the beliefs that underlie each one, the evidence on whether the strategies that arise from the philosophy actually produce results, and what an investor needs to bring to the table to make the philosophy work.The boo...

A comprehensive walkthrough of proven, practical approaches to investing and expert guidance on choosing the one that works in your situationIn the revised third edition of Investment Philosophies, Aswath Damodaran delivers a deep dive into a variety of investment philosophies, exploring the assumptions and beliefs that underlie each of them. You’ll explore the investment strategies that arise from each philosophy, as well as what you – as an investor – ne...

With the recent evolution of frontend frameworks toward the server, there has been a growing interest in server-side rendering and optimizing for the server to unlock greater performance gains. In this context, this book explores Marko JS—a View framework that is heavily optimized for both the server and the client—and discusses techniques using Marko that can help enterprises achieve significant performance improvements.Focusing on techniques involving Marko, you will learn about t...

An accessible, and intuitive, guide to stock valuationValuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. In The Little Book of Valuation, expert Aswath Damodaran explains the techniques in language that any investor can understand, so you can make better investment decisions when reviewing stock research reports and engaging in independent efforts to value and pick stocks.In this book Damodaran dis...