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    Understanding IPCPL Theory, Evidence, and Application

    Use in Private-Business Valuation (Part IV) In this fourth article, the authors show how to apply the IPCPL theory using public market cost of capital. Read Part I, Part II, and Part III Application of IPCPL Theory When Bob Dohmeyer, Pete Butler, and Rod Burkert published their article on the IPCPL in 2013, they developed a discount rate from the Deal Stats database. In 2015, we published an article in which we set forth that their incite that the difference between the cost of capital in a public market and private market is largely due to the difference in transaction…

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    The Most Underutilized Tool in Business Valuation

    The Use of Common Sense and Experience The acceptance of tools such as Monte Carlo simulation and Option Pricing models has changed our ability to value options, warrants, and derivative instruments. The list goes on and on. However, as many of us are fond of saying, valuation is as much an art as it is a science. Many of our tools address the science, not so many of them address the art. In my opinion, one of the most underutilized tools that addresses the art side, may in fact be our own common sense. “Common sense is not so common.”-Voltaire…