The Importance of Intangible Assets
The Importance of Intangible Assets

By Jack Forehand, CFA, CFP® (@practicalquant) — I started out my career as a Price/Book guy. It certainly wasn’t the only value factor I used, but I would defend it when it came…

The Assets We Can’t See
The Assets We Can’t See

By Jack Forehand, CFA (@practicalquant) There has been a major change in our economy going on for a long time now. The days where the largest firms make physical things…

Capitalism is Ruling Without Capital

The stock market is “increasingly populated  by intangible companies,” according to a recent article in Bloomberg that discusses the trend’s implications. “Some 40% of public stocks quoted in the U.S.…

Five Methods for Intangible Asset Valuation

An article in CFA Institute argues that intangible assets (non-physical assets such as trademarks, patents, etc.) are “increasingly critical to corporate value, yet current accounting standards make it difficult to…