CASE/FIN 501 Strategic Corporate Finance
Module Case 2
Stock and Bond Valuation
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(((Required Reading)))
Start off with these two tutorials that will give you an overview of the basic methods of valuing stocks and bonds from Subjectmoney:
Bond Valuation: Calculation, Definition, Formula, and ExampleBond Pricing FormulaDividend Discount Model (DDM) Formula, Variations, Examples, and Shortcomings
Dahlquist, J., & Knight, R. (2022). Principles of Finance. OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/principles-finance/pages/1-why-it-matters
11.2 Dividend Discount Models (DDMs)
Now dig much deeper into bond and stock valuation with the following books chapters. They cover not only the computational methods but also provide a general overview of stock and bond markets:
Read “The Basics of Bond Valuation,” from Volume I (pp. 207-224) in:Fabozzi, F. J. (2013). Encyclopedia of Financial Models. “Bond Valuation.” John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN:1-118-00673-9, 978-1-118-00673-3. Available in the Trident University Library.
Fabozzi, F. J., & Peterson Drake, P. (2009). Chapter 7: Asset valuation: Basic bond and stock valuation models. In Finance: Capital markets, financial management, and investment management. Wiley. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Finally, for some examples of valuation calculations in Excel see the following:
How to calculate bond price in Excel?
Dahlquist, J., & Knight, R. (2022). Principles of Finance. OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/principles-finance/pages/1-why-it-matters
11.1 Multiple Approaches to Stock Valuation
Dividend Growth Rate: Definition, How to Calculate, and ExampleCalculate stock value based on the value of future dividend cash flow in Excel
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