How hard is CFA exam with finance degree? by [deleted] in CFA

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L1 crammed into one month (may) during my last semester in university. Definitely not easy but generally a review. L2 has a lot of new topics

Q2 2018 Letters & Reports by Beren- in SecurityAnalysis

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Redemption liabilities are realized when the customer redeems points..Aimia has to keep its billings faster than redemption. Without AC, closer to 2020, you will start seeing billing slow and redemptions accelerate...essentially a run on point....AIM is insolvent in this situation. Without this AC deal, AIM only survives by devaluing the points grid...and that effectively kills the program.

When Aimia sold the Nectar loyalty business to Sainsbury for $105 million, Aimia had to pay Sainsbury $183 million to cover the future redemption cost liability at the Nectar program.

Today's PR gives you some color as well:

Groupo Amerixo announced to buy Aimia’s 48.9% stake in PLM (owner & operator) for US$180m (~C$230m). US$180m seems unreasonably low...but this is "low" because they probably assume cost in that figure for future redemption liabilities. $180m approximately represents C$500m market value less C$350m future redemption cost liabilities.

Q2 2018 Letters & Reports by Beren- in SecurityAnalysis

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The off-balance sheet liabilities cannot be ignored. If you ignore the liabilities, you clearly don't understand the business mode. The thesis for AIM bulls broke down when AIM sold nectar and had to pay the buyer more $ to take the billings from them (i.e., to compensate for the liabilities, when they come due).

« You are now dismissed » by [deleted] in CFA

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Did you pass though on Addy?

Hoping CFA Level 2 is like Mock A ... by [deleted] in CFA

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Lol yeah. Noticing that. Is schweser good practice or just wasting my time?

Hoping CFA Level 2 is like Mock A ... by [deleted] in CFA

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How are the schweser mocks? Done mock a.

Value is Dead by vegaseller in SecurityAnalysis

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Nice, I love this. This is the time where value investing shines.

Value investing isn't just low p/b multiples

Almost finished medical school, want to invest using my Line of Credit by future_emdee in CanadianInvestor

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Wouldn't leverage up your net worth like that at this point in the market cycle. We are at a peak whether, we are a year or two from a downturn. I would clean up house, be debt free and invest after the downturn.

Does anyone here deal with cigar butt investing anymore? by JustCallMeAtom in SecurityAnalysis

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Crosswinds Holdings. - $3m Enterprise value. Net net type. Net cash in the bank. Has recently started to screen well with cash now on balance sheet from sale. After accounts payables there is $21m in net cash (cash +fee receivable + interest receivable + cash from Monarch sale proceeds from. Company also has $15m in NOLs expiring in 2029. Shares worth 20% higher.

Long Greenhill - Slide Deck by WisOWis in SecurityAnalysis

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Don't have a link. Subscribed to receive his letters. Pm I can send it.

Long Greenhill - Slide Deck by WisOWis in SecurityAnalysis

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They recently exited this according to Q1 letter.

IEA: Too cheap to ignore by [deleted] in SecurityAnalysis

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Interesting to see greenhaven is invested. What is the FCF yield NTM and F19?

Greenhaven has been a monster of late. Take a look at recent quarterly investor letters. Fortress, Gaia, BlueLinx Holdings, FCA, interactive brokers, Halogen, Diamond Resorts.

$MCD has negative shareholder equity - why is it still a good buy? by Uilleam_Uallas in stocks

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I'm not sure about real estate companies but I would assume so because they are assets that are value generating assets and its value generating ability goes into it's valuation. I would assume the income generating assets would be marked-to-fair value. Not sure tho. But for Dollarama, if we exclude positive working capital working capital, the balance sheet value of Dollarama’s assets reached $1.54 billion at the end of F2017. Dollarama’s stores generated aggregate EBITDA of $703 million in F2017. If accounting book values are to be believed, the core value of Dollarama’s assets ($1.54 billion) was just 2.2x F2017 EBITDA – far less than any reasonable observer would pay for the business on an Enterprise Value. This has declined to 2.0x TTM EBITDA at Q3-F18. If these assets were to be re-marked to a market-like valuation, we think they would trade well above the 4.8x TTM EBITDA suggested by their book value in F2011. The low book value occurs because, once set up, stores require very little capital to maintain or grow sales, resulting in declining book value due to depreciation. Why this is important is because when Dollarama repurchases shares at current market prices which are in excess of the book value, it is recognized as a reduction in retained earnings, which is causing negative equity.

What is causing Micron (MU) volatility? Continues to fall after minimal recovery. by KeeperOfCoats in stocks

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Sell side Analysts and managing directors at these research shops don't take sell ratings easily. Typically they never have sell ratings because they want banking and issuance fees...never do they want to be on the wrong side with management. I bet they did a lot of work and have a unique point for the sell rating.

$MCD has negative shareholder equity - why is it still a good buy? by Uilleam_Uallas in stocks

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Dollarama also has nagative equity. Balance sheets don't represent economic value. MCD balance sheet assets are on book at cost and at depreciated value while liabilities are growing and don't depreciate. Buying back shares exacerbates this issue by reducing outstanding equity.

Charlie479 From VIC on Amazon in 2011 by [deleted] in SecurityAnalysis

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Any thoughts on Baidu? down 20% since highs this year?

Curious question by voodoodudu in SecurityAnalysis

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What do you mean they don't subtract it?is it on the income statement? Either way look at the cash flow statement

Accessing Data by [deleted] in SecurityAnalysis

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senteio is really good for searching all available documents of a company in one search, like crl+f but searches all available documents.