Estimate Of Intrinsic Value With Security Prices

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of a Security will reflect the information that is available to individuals who are participating in the market. He also believes that what has already happened in the market will help the participants make the appropriate decisions about the future. First lets define Intrinsic Value, Capital Markets and Securities. Then we can define the types of securities and current events to determine whether or not we indeed have an efficient market in which securities are a good estimate of the intrinsic value of the modern day capital market.

Intrinsic Value

"Intrinsic Value is the total amount of cash that can be taken out of an investment over its lifetime discounted back to the present worth at an appropriate interest rate. This approach of valuing investments will enable you to value any type of investments, be it real estate, bonds, high-tech or low-tech businesses, or even human beings." (Intrinsic Value) In other words the intrinsic value of a thing is what it is actually ...

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Securities

Now lets define securities: they are assets deposited to guarantee reimbursement: or collateral to guarantee fulfillment of an obligation, especially an asset guaranteeing settlement of a loan that becomes the possession of the creditor if the loan is not settled. It is also described as a financial instrument: a tradable document such as a stock certificate or bond that shows evidence of debt or ownership. (Encarta)

Types of Securities

The types of securities that I would like to discuss are stocks and bonds. There are three institutions in which these securities are purchased sold they are: NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange NYSE and American ...

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