Table of Contents

• The Dark Side of Valuation Enlightenment: The Tools
• Intrinsic Valuation
• Probabilistic Valuation: Scenario Analysis, Decision Trees & Simulations
• Relative Valuation
• Option Valuation
• The Dark Side of Macro Inputs
• A Shaky Base: A Risky Risk free Rate
• Risky Ventures: Assessing the Price of Risk
• Macro Matters: The Real Economy
• The Dark Side across the Life Cycle
• Baby Steps - Valuing start-ups
• Off to School – Valuing young companies
• Shooting Stars - Valuing growth companies
• Not so staid - Valuing mature companies
• The inevitable end - Valuing companies in distress and decline
• The Dark Side across company types
• Ups and Down: Valuing Cyclical and Commodity companies
• Mark to Market: Valuing Financial Service companies
• Invisible Investments: Valuing firms with intangible assets
• Volatility Rules: Valuing Emerging Market companies
• The Octopus: Valuing Multi-business, global companies
• Puzzle Palace: Valuing the Unusual
• The Finale
• Lighting the Way: Vanquishing the Dark Side

About the Author

Aswath Damodaran is Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. He teaches the corporate finance and equity valuation courses in the MBA program. He received his MBA and PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written several books on corporate finance, valuation, and portfolio management. He has been at NYU since 1986 and has received the Stern School of Business Excellence in Teaching Award (awarded by the graduating class) eight times. He was profiled in BusinessWeek as one of the top twelve business school professors in the United States.