The Magic of PE 15

Hi everyone, Hope all is well.  Recently, a very interesting article about an expeditious approach to determine the fair value of stock was published.  I thought about it for a while and said to myself, it is worth summarizing for this month’s blog.  The credit for...

PCAOB New Comments on Financial Instruments

Hi everyone, As always, hope all is going great. I will continue where we left off regarding the new PCAOB’s staff guidance on the auditing the fair value of financial instruments. This second portion of the blog is dealing with “pricing services.”  According to...

PCAOB New Auditing Standards on Fair Value

Hi everyone, Hope all is going great.  This August blog which is one of two parts will address the never-ending saga of new standards for the fair value of financial instruments.  In Part 1, I will discuss the Public Company Oversight Accounting Board’s (PCOAB) new...

Business Valuation Due Diligence

Hi everyone! Today’s blog is about due diligence in business valuation and Mergers/ Acquisitions.  There isn’t a day that goes by without another announcement of a merger taking place. Amazon and Whole Foods, CVS and Aetna, General Mills and Blue Buffalo just to name...

Ethics in Valuing

Hi everyone, Hope the month of May is going great.  Once again, I bring to your attention a recent analysis by the Public Company Accounting Standards Board on Financial Instruments.  In their most recent statement, they vociferously argued that they are continuously...