Aswath Damodaran, NYU’s Legendary Valuation Expert, Recently Argues that there’s a 90% Chance Apple is Undervalued. Here’s Why. This comes in the wake of Apple shares’ breathtaking plunge from recent highs. (That’s be about $700 in September to $425 or so today.) In a new blog post, Sam Ro at Business Insider reports that Damodaran thinks that management can learn a few things from the recent market volatility, and he offers some advice. Here are his four tips verbatim (emphasis courtesy of Business Insider’s Sam Ro: Build up credibility with investors: The company has to regain credibility with investors. Apple…
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Alphabet Soup AccountingToday‘s Danielle Lee writes that “A growing roster of professional designations fosters credential-mania,” among CPAs, and devotes an article to surveying some of the most popular credentials today, including those from NACVA: The CVA. The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts’ CVA credential does require a CPA license, along with coursework and an exam. Established in 1991, the credential is now held by more than 4,000 designees. The CVA is “extra important because the profession – valuating businesses – is in a constant state of change,” said Mark Morris, chair of NACVA’s valuation credentialing board. “New theories…