Index

Numerics

  • 8-K regulatory filing (interim report of material events), 99, 100
  • 10-K report (annual report), 99–100
  • 10-Q report (quarterly report), 100
  • 13D report, 99
  • 13F report, 98–99

A

  • ABN Amro, 79
  • accounting scams
    • Enron, 332
    • off–balance sheet financing
      • credit default swaps, 293–295
      • Enron, 290–292
      • Olympus Corporation, 292–293
      • operating lease, 290
      • overview, 289–290
    • overstating financial position
      • pension liabilities, 284–288
      • WorldCom, 288–289
    • overstating revenue, 278–282
    • overview, 277–278
    • understating expenses
      • Eddie Antar, 283–284
      • matching principle, 282
      • Waste Management scandal, 282–283
  • accounts payable, balance sheet, 123
  • accounts receivable, balance sheet, 122
  • accredited investors, 32, 178
  • accretion/dilution analysis, 72
  • acquisition targets, 66–67
  • active traders, 38
  • activity ratios, 244
  • actuaries, 285
  • adjustable-rate (floating-rate) bonds, 189
  • ADRs (American depository receipts), 292
  • advisory fees, 16
  • aftermarket trading, 35, 51
  • aggregators, 112
  • algorithmic trading (program trading; automated trading), 38–39
  • Alphabet company, 179
  • alternative investments
    • commodities, 302–303
    • cryptocurrencies, 305–306
    • currencies, 305–306
    • defined, 87
    • hedge funds, 298–300
    • overview, 297–298
    • real estate, 303–304
    • venture capital, 301
  • American depository receipts (ADRs), 292
  • amortization
    • defined, 229
    • statement of cash flows, 128
  • analysts
    • buy-side analysts, 37–38, 70–72
    • rules and regulations, 270–274
    • sell-side analysts, 37–38, 53–56, 75–76
    • spreadsheet analysis, 212
  • annual report (10-K report), 99–100
  • Antar, Eddie, 283–284
  • AOL Time Warner, 337
  • appreciation, 173, 188
  • arbitrage
    • arbitrage funds, 299
    • defined, 41
  • Arthur Andersen, 283, 290
  • asset management, 306–313
    • attracting investors to, 306–307
    • bond mutual funds, 308–309
    • ETFs, 309
    • fees, 16
    • handling conflicts, 309–313
    • stock mutual funds, 307–308
  • assets
    • on balance sheets, 122–123
    • correlation coefficient, 303
    • illiquid, 301
    • liquid, 126, 142, 302
    • liquid assets, 142
    • ROA ratio, 147
    • total, 123, 251–252
  • auction-rate securities, 13
  • automated trading (algorithmic trading), 38–39

B

  • back office, investment bank, 14
  • balance sheets, 121–126
    • assets, 122–123
    • book value of equity, 126
    • common sizing analysis, 124–125
    • comparing debt to equity, 125
    • equity, 124
    • liabilities section, 123
    • net worth statement, 126
    • opportunity cost, 126
    • overview, 121
    • Performance Ade, 321–322
    • Yankee Beverages, 321–322
  • bank loans
  • Banking Act of 1933 (Glass–Steagall Act), 263, 264, 358
  • Barings Bank, 334, 357
  • barriers to entry, 47
  • basis points, 196
  • BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis), 353
  • Bear Stearns, 359
  • Bendix, 75
  • benefit pension plan, 285
  • Berkshire Hathaway, 63, 68
  • Berra, Yogi, 77, 342
  • bill and hold practice, 279–280
  • bill of exchange, 357
  • Billions (TV series), 300
  • BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security), 353
  • bitcoin, 305–306
  • Blodget, Henry, 56, 270, 271, 307, 332
  • Bloomberg machine, 106, 111, 350
  • Bloomberg website, 201
  • board of directors, 50, 132
  • boiler room, 266
  • bond indenture, 186
  • bond mutual funds, 308–309
  • bondholders, 185–186, 190–192
  • bonds
    • bond indenture, 186
    • bond trustee, 191
    • bondholders, 185–186, 190–192
    • callable bonds, 189
    • choosing between debt and equity, 202–203
    • convertible bonds, 188–189
    • coupon rate of interest, 186
    • covenants, 186, 191–192
      • change-of-control covenant, 192
      • debt covenant, 191
      • mergers covenant, 192
    • creditworthiness, 230
    • defined, 186
    • denominations of, 186
    • fallen angels, 231
    • fixed-income securities, 187
    • floating-rate bonds, 189
    • maturity, 186
    • perpetual bonds, 194
    • plain-vanilla bonds, 188
    • pricing
      • coupon rate effect, 197–198
      • credit spreads, 196–197
      • duration, 198–200
      • interest rate sensitivity, 197–200
      • present value, 192–195
      • term to maturity effect, 198
      • yield to maturity and, 195–196
    • puttable bonds, 189
    • secured, 190
    • tracking bond market, 200–202
    • zero-coupon bonds, 190
  • book building process, 35
  • book value
    • calculating, 126
    • defined, 138
    • Warren Buffett's advocacy of, 139
  • bottom-up analysis, 346
  • boutique investment firms, 15, 60
  • Brandeis, Louis, 272
  • bridge loans, 9
  • Briefing.com, 111
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb, 26
  • broken deals, IPOs, 51
  • brokerage services, 9
  • Brown, F. Donaldson, 251
  • Buffett, Warren, 256, 295, 303, 340
    • advocacy of utility of book value, 68
    • approach to M&A, 68
    • Goldman Sachs and, 16
    • as White Knight, 75
  • build-up method, calculating cost of equity capital, 215–216
  • bulge bracket investment firms, 15
  • bullet payment, 229
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 353
  • Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), 353
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics, 353
  • Burns, Robert, 342
  • business section, prospectus, 49
  • business summary, research report, 59
  • buyouts. See also M&A
    • buyout targets, 20
    • stocks, 179
  • buy-side analysts, 37–38, 70–72

C

  • CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association), 313
  • call options, 175
  • call premium, callable bonds, 189
  • callable bonds, 189
  • callable stocks, 175
  • cap-based funds, 308
  • capital
    • cost of debt capital, 214–215
    • cost of equity capital, 215–217
    • defined, 1
    • invested capital, 228
    • raising, 9
  • capital asset pricing model. See CAPM
  • capital expenditures, 161
  • capital leases, 123
  • capital structure, 169, 190, 213
  • capitalization structure, prospectus, 49
  • CAPM (capital asset pricing model)
    • beta, 217–218
    • empirical studies on, 219–220
    • market risk premium, 218–219
    • risk-free rate of return, 218
  • cash flow. See also discounted free cash flow model
    • cash flow ratios, 244
    • LBOs and, 89–90
  • cash flow from operations (CFO), 211
  • cash/cash equivalents, balance sheet, 122
  • Catholic Church, role in high finance, 356
  • CEO (chief executive officer), 49–50
  • CFA Institute, 313
  • CFO (cash flow from operations), 211
  • CFO (chief financial officer), 49–50
  • CFRA, 57–58, 60
  • CFTC (Commodities Futures Trading Commission), 264
  • change-of-control covenant, 192
  • channel checks, 38
  • channel stuffing, 279–280
  • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), 313
  • chief executive officer (CEO), 49–50
  • chief financial officer (CFO), 49–50
  • chief operating officer (COO), 49–50
  • Chinese wall (firewall), 311, 312
  • churning, 266
  • clientele effect, 318–319
  • closed-end mutual funds, 307
  • Coca-Cola, 255–257
  • COGS (cost of goods sold), 118
  • Cohen, Stephen, 299, 300
  • collateralized debt obligations, 359
  • Collins, Chris, 265
  • commissions, 15
  • commodities, 39, 302–303
  • Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 264
  • commodity trading advisor (CTA), 302
  • common sizing analysis
    • balance sheets, 124–125
    • industry analysis, 160, 163–166
    • WorldCom’s income statements, 289
  • common stock, 49, 175
  • company filings, 112
  • comparison universe, 155
    • adjusting, 158–159
    • GICS, 156–157
    • identifying competitors, 158
    • management pay, 158
    • overview, 155
  • competition, comparison universe, 158
  • compound interest, 194–195, 221
  • conglomerate mergers, 63
  • conglomerates, 155
  • constant growth formula, discounted free cash flow model, 221
  • contribution pension plan, 285
  • control premium, 322
  • convertible arbitrage, 299
  • convertible bonds, 188–189
  • COO (chief operating officer), 49–50
  • corporate culture, 78
  • corporate lending, 9
  • correlations
    • correlation coefficient, 303
    • discounted cash flow analysis, 344–345
  • cost of goods sold (COGS), 118
  • counter-cyclical firms, 65
  • country funds, 308
  • coupon rate effect, 197–198
  • coupon rate of interest, 186
  • covenants
    • bank term loans, 230
    • bonds, 186
      • change-of-control covenant, 192
      • debt covenant, 191
      • mergers covenant, 192
  • credit default swaps, 13, 293–295, 334
  • credit spreads, bond, 196–197
  • Credit Suisse First Boston, 336
  • credit-rating agencies, 269
  • creditworthiness, bonds, 230
  • cross-market arbitrage, 41
  • crowdfunding, 33
  • cryptocurrencies, 305–306
  • CTA (commodity trading advisor), 302
  • culture wars, M&A process and, 78
  • currencies, 305–306
  • cyclical firms, 65

D

  • Dalio, Ray, 275
  • data management. See information management
  • days inventory outstanding ratio, 283
  • Dealogic, 113
  • debenture holders (unsecured creditors), 190
  • debt covenant, 191
  • debt/debt capital
    • bank debt, 228–230
    • defined, 11
    • LBOs and, 28
    • long-term debt, 123, 130
    • M&A process and, 74
    • mezzanine debt, 232–234
    • short-term debt, 129
  • debt-to-equity ratio, 141–142, 169–170
  • DEF 14A document. See proxy statement
  • Dell, Michael, 83, 161, 163
  • Dell company, 31, 161–163
  • Delta, 165–166
  • denominations, bond, 186
  • Department of Commerce, 353
  • depreciation
    • balance sheets, 122
    • statement of cash flows, 128
  • derivatives
    • credit default swaps, 293–295
    • defined, 39
    • transparency, 268
  • detachable warrants, 233
  • dilution, IPOs, 52–53
  • direct costs, 118
  • disclosure of information, 266–267
  • discounted free cash flow model, 19–20
    • bottom-up analysis, 346
    • correlations, 344–345
    • discounted cash-flow analysis, 71
    • FCF, 210–211
    • interest rates and, 345–346
    • Monte Carlo analysis, 341–342
    • overview, 207–209, 339–340
    • pro forma financial statements, 342
    • projections, 342–343
    • sales growth estimates, 343–344
    • sensitivity analysis, 340–341
    • target weightings, 347
    • top-down analysis, 346
    • valuing firm
      • constant growth formula, 221
      • perpetuity growth formula, 220–221
      • stress testing, 223
      • two-stage growth model, 222–223
    • valuing shares of stock, 224–225
    • WACC, 346–347
      • CAPM, 217–220
      • cost of debt capital, 214–215
      • cost of equity capital, 215–217
      • importance of, 213–214
      • overview, 212–213
  • diversification, 65, 303
  • dividend payout rate, ROE ratio, 245–247
  • dividends, 130
  • documents and reports. See also EDGAR database
    • annual report, 99–100
    • formatting
      • importing into Excel, 107–109
      • interactive data, 109
      • tools for, 105–106
    • interim report of material events, 100
    • overview, 97–98
    • prospectus, 100
    • proxy statement, 100
    • quarterly report, 100
    • types of information, 98–99
  • Dodd–Frank legislation, 267–269
  • Dot-Com boom and bust (Internet bubble), 330–331
  • downgraded bonds, 230
  • dual classes of shares, 74
  • due diligence, 24, 71, 295–296
  • Dunlap, Al, 279–280
  • DuPont analysis, 250–257
    • Cola wars, 255–257
    • five-factor method
      • non-operating items, 253–254
      • operating profit margin, 253
      • tax effect ratio, 254
    • overview, 250–252
    • three-factor method, 251–252
  • duration, bonds, 198–200

E

  • earnings before interest and taxes. See EBIT
  • earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. See EBITDA
  • earnings per share (EPS), 72, 180
  • earnings season, 116
  • East Asian Financial crisis of 1997, 335
  • Ebbers, Bernie, 288
  • EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes)
    • defined, 140
    • tax-adjusted, 148
  • EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization)
    • EV/EBITDA ratio, 138–140, 168–169
    • LBOs and, 236–238
  • economic indicators, 110–111
    • consumer confidence, 111
    • defined, 110
    • inflation, 111
    • retail sales, 111
    • unemployment reports, 111
  • economies of scale, 62
  • EDGAR database
    • annual report, 99–100
    • computing free cash flow, 210
    • interactive data, 109
    • interim report of material events, 100
    • overview, 98–99
    • prospectus, 100
    • proxy statement, 100
    • quarterly report, 100
    • as research tool, 100–103
    • social media and, 104–105
  • efficiency ratios
    • calculating growth rate, 150–151
    • industry analysis, 170
    • overview, 146–147
    • POE ratio, 149
    • ROA ratio, 147
    • ROC ratio, 148–149
  • efficient market, 66
  • 8-K regulatory filing (interim report of material events), 99, 100
  • Einstein, Albert, 153, 194, 221
  • Electronic Data-Gathering Analysis and Retrieval. See EDGAR database
  • emerging-market funds, 308
  • Enron, 290–292, 332
  • enterprise value
    • defined, 139
    • EV/EBITA ratio, 138–140, 168–169
  • EPS (earnings per share), 72, 180
  • equity. See also stocks
    • balance sheets, 124
    • defined, 11
    • LBOs, 234
  • equity cushion, 190
  • equity holders, 228
  • equity kicker, mezzanine debt, 231
  • equity long-short, 299
  • equity REITs, 304
  • equity sweetener, mezzanine debt, 231
  • ETFs (exchange-traded funds), 309
  • event arbitrage, 41
  • event-driven funds, 299
  • Excel
    • copying and pasting financial data into, 107
    • importing directly into, 108–109
  • exchange-traded funds (ETFs), 309
  • executive pay section, prospectus, 49–50
  • exercise price, 232
  • exit strategy, LBOs
    • IPOs, 92–94
    • overview, 91–92
    • sale to strategic buyer, 94
    • secondary LBOs, 94
    • setting timetable for exit, 92
  • expenses, understating
    • Eddie Antar, 283–284
    • matching principle, 282
    • Waste Management scandal, 282–283
  • expert network firms, 265

F

  • Facebook, 46, 104
  • Factset Mergers, 113
  • fair price amendments, 74
  • fairness opinion, 72
  • FCF (free cash flow), 210–211, 318
    • computing, 210
    • forecasting, 211
    • statement of cash flows, 130–131
  • FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), 10
  • Federal Reserve, 354
  • Field, James A., Jr., 262
  • financial advisory, 9
  • financial crisis of 2007, 359
  • financial data section, prospectus, 49
  • financial failures. See also accounting scams
    • accounting scams, 332
    • AOL Time Warner, 337
    • Barings Bank, 334
    • credit default swaps, 334
    • Credit Suisse First Boston, 336
    • Dot-Com boom and bust, 330–331
    • Enron, 332
    • flash crash, 333–334
    • high-frequency trades, 334
    • JPMorgan, 334
    • London Whale case, 334
    • Long-Term Capital Management, 334–335
    • municipal bankruptcy, 335–336
    • overview, 329–330
    • subprime mortgage loans, 333
    • tainted research, 331–332
    • too big to fail, 330
    • WorldCom, 332
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), 201, 264
  • financial instruments, 10
  • financial models, 37. See also discounted free cash flow model
  • financial position, overstating, 284–289
    • pension liabilities, 284–288
    • WorldCom, 288–289
  • financial ratios. See ratios
  • Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act), 359
  • financial sponsors, of LBOs, 27
  • financial statements, 18, 21–22
    • balance sheets
      • assets, 122–123
      • book value of equity, 126
      • common sizing analysis, 124–125
      • comparing debt to equity, 125
      • equity, 124
      • liabilities, 123
      • net worth statement, 126
      • opportunity cost, 126
      • overview, 121
    • defined, 49
    • income statements
      • COGS, 118
      • finding investment banking opportunities, 120–121
      • GAAP, 116
      • gross profit, 119
      • income taxes, 119
      • interest expense, 119
      • net profit, 119
      • NOPAT, 120
      • operating income, 119
      • pro-forma analysis, 120
      • revenue, 118
      • SG&A, 119
      • use by investment bankers, 117–118
    • overview, 115–116
    • Performance Ade, 320–322
    • proxy statement
      • management pay packages, 133–134
      • management team incentive, 132–133
      • overview, 131–132
    • statement of cash flows
      • financing activities, 129–130
      • free cash flow, 130–131
      • investing activities, 128–129
      • operating activities, 128
      • role in deal making, 127
    • Yankee Beverages, 320–322
  • financing
    • clientele effect, 318–319
    • LBOs
      • bank debt, 228–230
      • choosing method of, 238–239
      • equity, 234
      • junk bonds, 230–232
      • maturity, 235–236
      • mezzanine debt, 232–234
      • seniority, 235
    • off–balance sheet financing
      • credit default swaps, 293–295
      • Enron, 290–292
      • Olympus Corporation, 292–293
      • operating lease, 290
      • overview, 289–290
    • trading financing, 39
  • FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority), 201, 264
  • firewall (Chinese wall), 311, 312
  • five-factor method, DuPont analysis
    • non-operating items, 253–254
    • operating profit margin, 253
    • tax effect ratio, 254
  • fixed-income instruments, 19. See also debt/debt capital
  • fixed-income securities, 187. See also bonds
  • flash crash, 333–334
  • floating-rate (adjustable-rate) bonds, 189
  • follow-on offering
  • forecasting, 77, 211, 342–343. See also projections
  • foreign markets, accessing, 64–65
  • forensic accounting, 277, 295–296. See also accounting scams
  • forex (FX) market, 305
  • Form 4 documents, stocks, 181
  • formatting data, 105
  • forward P/E ratios, 137
  • free cash flow (FCF), 318
    • computing, 210
    • forecasting, 211
    • statement of cash flows, 130–131
  • Friedman, Milton, 133
  • friendly mergers, 68
  • front office, investment bank, 12–13
  • front running, 312
  • fund of funds, 299
  • fundamental analysis, 54
  • Fundamental Analysis For Dummies (Krantz), 118
  • futures contracts, 39
  • futures markets, 298
  • FX (forex) market, 305

G

  • GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles), 22, 116
  • Gates, Bill, 30
  • General Motors pensions, 288
  • generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), 22, 116
  • GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard), 156–157
  • Glass–Steagall Act (Banking Act of 1933), 263, 264, 358
  • Global Analysis Research Settlements, 331
  • Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), 156–157
  • global macro funds, 299
  • going-private transactions, 30–31
  • golden parachutes, 73
  • Goldman Sachs, 16–17, 360
  • goodwill, 88, 123, 126, 293
  • Graham, Benjamin, 340
  • Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act of 1999 (Financial Services Modernization Act), 359
  • grant-date value, stock options, 134
  • Great Depression, 263
  • Greenmail, 74–75
  • Griffin, Ken, 275
  • gross margin, 144
  • gross profit
    • defined, 144
    • income statements, 119
  • gross profit margin, 247–248, 253
  • growth funds, 308
  • growth rate, company
    • calculating, 150–151
    • spreadsheet analysis, 212
    • trend analysis, 160–163
  • Grubman, Jack, 56, 270, 272, 307, 311, 332
  • Gupta, Rajat, 265

H

  • Hastings, Reed, 104, 267
  • hedge funds
    • arbitrage funds, 299
    • defined, 298
    • equity long-short, 299
    • event-driven funds, 299
    • fund of funds, 299
    • global macro funds, 299
    • long-only funds, 299
    • relative value, 299
    • sophisticated investors, 300
  • Hershey
    • calculating growth rate, 150–151
    • calculating return on capital, 148–149
    • common sizing analysis, 164
  • high-frequency trades, 41, 334
  • highlights/summary, research report, 58
  • high-yield bonds, 231
  • high-yield funds, 308
  • horizontal mergers, 62–63
  • hostile takeovers, 27, 69
  • hybrid REITs, 304
  • hybrid securities, 11

I

  • idiosyncratic premium, stocks, 216
  • illegal insider trading, 264–265
  • illiquid assets, 301
  • Immune Design, 69
  • implied enterprise value, stocks, 182–183
  • implied equity value, stocks, 182–183
  • importance of due diligence, 295–296
  • income from continuing operations margin, 144–145
  • income statements
    • COGS, 118
    • finding investment banking opportunities, 120–121
    • GAAP, 116
    • gross profit, 119
    • income taxes, 119
    • interest expense, 119
    • net profit, 119
    • NOPAT, 120
    • operating income, 119
    • Performance Ade, 320–321
    • pro-forma analysis, 120
    • revenue, 118
    • SG&A, 119
    • use by investment bankers, 117–118
    • Yankee Beverages, 320–321
  • income taxes, 119
  • independent equity research, 57–58
  • Index Fund Advisors, 352
  • index funds
  • indicated interest, 35
  • indirect costs, 119
  • industry (sector) funds, 308
  • industry analysis
    • common sizing, 160, 163–166
    • comparison universe
      • adjusting, 158–159
      • GICS, 156–157
      • identifying competitors, 158
      • management pay, 158
      • overview, 155
    • debt-to-equity ratio, 169–170
    • efficiency ratios, 170
    • EV/EBITDA ratio, 168–169
    • importance of, 154–155
    • overview, 153–154
    • P/E ratio, 167
    • trend analysis, 160–163
  • industry data section, prospectus, 48
  • industry groups, 156–157
  • industry outlook section, research report, 59
  • information management. See also documents and reports; EDGAR database
    • aggregators, 112
    • company filings, 112
    • corporate profits, 113
    • economic indicators, 110–111
    • IPO calendar, 113
    • M&A process, 112–113
    • macro economy, 110
    • monitoring news, 111–112
    • non-financial information, 110–113
  • initial public offerings. See IPOs
  • insider trading, 181, 264–265
  • institutional client services, 17
  • institutional investors, 234
  • interactive data, 109
  • interest coverage, liquidity multiples, 142–143
  • interest expense, income statements, 119
  • interest rates
    • bond sensitivity
      • coupon rate effect, 197–198
      • duration, 198–200
      • term to maturity effect, 198
    • discounted cash flow analysis and, 345–346
  • interim report of material events (8-K regulatory filing), 99, 100
  • internal rate of return (IRR), 90–91, 240
  • international funds, 308, 309
  • Internet bubble (Dot-Com boom and bust), 330–331
  • in-the-money warrants, 233
  • inventory, balance sheets, 122
  • invested capital, 228
  • investing activities, statement of cash flows, 128–129
  • Investment Advisors Act of 1940, 263
  • investment banking. See also securities
    • advisory fees, 16
    • asset management fees, 16
    • boutique investment firms, 15
    • bulge bracket investment firms, 15
    • buyout targets, 20
    • commissions, 15
    • complying with regulations, 21
    • defined, 8
    • discounted cash flow, 19–20
    • financial statements, 18, 21–22
    • fixed-income instruments, 19
    • Goldman Sachs, 16–17
    • history of, 355–360
    • leverage, 20
    • mega-institutions, 14
    • organizational structure, 12–14
    • overview, 7–8
    • ratios, 18–19
    • regional investment firms, 15
    • role of, 8–10
    • services provided by, 9–10, 11–12
    • trading income, 16
    • traditional banking versus, 10–11
    • underwriting fees, 16
  • Investment Company Act of 1940, 263
  • investment opinion, research report, 59
  • investment-grade bonds, 230
  • investment-grade funds, 308
  • investments. See securities
  • IPO calendar, 113
  • IPOs (initial public offerings)
    • aftermarket trading, 51
    • broken deals, 51
    • company lifecycle and, 32–34
    • defined, 24
    • dilution, 52–53
    • as exit strategy for LBOs, 92–94
    • follow-on offering, 52
    • lockup period, 51–52
    • meeting requirements for, 45–47
    • offering price, 51
    • preparing company for, 44–45
    • prospectus
      • business section, 49
      • capitalization structure, 49
      • discussion and analysis of financial condition section, 49
      • executive pay section, 49–50
      • financial data section, 49
      • industry data section, 48
      • legal matters section, 51
      • management section, 49–50
      • principal and selling shareholders section, 50
      • related-party transactions, 50
      • risk factors section, 47–48
      • summary section, 47
      • underwriting section, 51
      • use of proceeds section, 48
    • quiet periods, 52
    • roadshows, 52
    • role of investment bankers in, 34–36
    • secondary offering, 53
    • sell-side analysts
      • conflicts of interest, 55–56
      • disseminating research, 55–56
      • goals of, 54–55
      • investors expectations for, 55
      • overview, 53–54
    • unicorns, 53
  • IPOScoop.com, 351
  • IRR (internal rate of return), 90–91, 240

J

  • Jefferson County, Alabama bankruptcy, 335–336
  • J.M. Smucker, 26
  • Jobs Act of 2012, 33
  • JPMorgan, 334
  • junk bonds, 230–232, 235

K

  • Karp, David, 30
  • Kessler, Andy, 288
  • key statistics section, research report, 58
  • Klarman, Seth, 340
  • Krantz, Matt, 3, 118

L

  • Lambert, Drexel Burnham, 231
  • LBOs (leveraged buyouts)
    • big institutions, 84–85
    • Blackstone, 29
    • cash flow, 89–90
    • defined, 24
    • exit strategy
      • IPOs, 92–94
      • overview, 91–92
      • sale to strategic buyer, 94
      • secondary LBOs, 94
      • setting timetable for exit, 92
    • financial sponsors, 27
    • financing
      • bank debt, 228–230
      • choosing method of, 238–239
      • equity, 234
      • junk bonds, 230–232
      • maturity, 235–236
      • mezzanine debt, 232–234
      • seniority, 235
    • investment banks, 83–84
    • IRR, 90–91
    • management and, 85–86
    • management buyouts, 27
    • overview, 81–82, 227–228
    • private-equity firms and, 27–29
    • pro forma financial statements, 236–238
    • pros and cons, 240–241
    • role of debt in, 28
    • stock and bond investors, 86–87
    • targets, 87–91
    • taxes, 240
  • Leeson, Nick, 334
  • legal matters section, prospectus, 51
  • Lehman Brothers, 360
  • leverage, 20, 187
    • common sizing, 163–165
    • ROE ratio and, 252
  • leveraged buyouts. See LBOs
  • liabilities. See also debt/debt capital
    • liabilities section, balance sheet, 123
    • pensions, 286–287
  • LinkedIn, 26, 29
  • liquid assets, 126, 142, 302
  • liquidity, 40
  • liquidity multiples, 140–143
    • debt-to-equity ratio, 141–142
    • defined, 244
    • interest coverage, 142–143
    • overview, 140–141
    • quick ratio, 142
  • lockup period, IPOs, 51–52
  • London Whale case, 334
  • long-only funds, 299
  • Long-Term Capital Management, 334–335
  • long-term debt, 123, 130
  • long-term investments, 122
  • low-margin businesses, 121
  • Lynch, Peter, 117

M

  • M&A (mergers and acquisitions), 24–27
    • acquisition targets, 66–67
    • AOL Time Warner, 337
    • bondholders, 190
    • buy-side analysts
      • closing deals, 72
      • due diligence, 71
      • identifying acquisition targets, 70
      • negotiating terms, 72
      • valuing company, 71–72
    • conglomerate mergers, 63
    • Dealogic, 113
    • defined, 24
    • Factset Mergers, 113
    • friendly mergers, 68
    • horizontal mergers, 62–63
    • hostile takeovers, 27, 69
    • M&A advisory, 9
    • Mergermarket, 113
    • overview, 24–25, 61
    • Performance Ade, 316–326
    • proxy fight, 69
    • reasons for, 64–66
    • reasons for failure
      • culture wars, 78
      • faulty analysis, 77
      • misplaced incentives, 76–77
      • overpaying, 78–79
      • overstated synergies, 78
    • sell-side advisors, 75–76
    • shark repellent
      • acquiring debt, 74
      • dual classes of shares, 74
      • fair price amendments, 74
      • golden parachutes, 73
      • Greenmail, 74–75
      • Pac-Man defense, 75
      • poison pills, 73
      • poison puts, 73
      • staggered boards of directors, 74
      • supermajority voting, 74
      • white knights, 75
    • strategic buyers, 26
    • synergy, 62
    • targets, 27
    • tender offer, 69
    • vertical mergers, 63
    • Warren Buffett's approach to, 68
    • Yankee Beverages, 316–326
  • macro economy, 110
  • Madoff, Bernie, 274
  • managed futures, 302
  • management
    • LBOs and, 85–86
    • M&A process and, 64–65
    • pay packages
      • comparison universe, 158
      • Dodd–Frank legislation, 269–270
      • proxy statement, 134
  • management buyouts, 27
  • management section, prospectus, 49–50
  • management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition section, prospectus, 49
  • margin of safety concept, 77, 340
  • market capitalization. See market value
  • market makers, 39, 266
  • market making process, 17
  • market manipulation, 265–266
  • market power, M&A process and, 64
  • market risk premium
  • market valuation
    • defined, 136
    • publicly traded company, 30
  • market value, 308
  • MarketSmith, 352
  • Markopolos, Harry, 274
  • Martin Marietta Corporation, 75
  • matching principle, 282
  • matchmaking services, 25
  • maturity
  • McLean, Bethany, 292
  • Medici bank, 356
  • Meeker, Mary, 270, 307
  • mega-institutions, 14
  • merchant banker, 356
  • Merck, 69
  • Mergermarket, 113
  • mergers and acquisitions. See M&A
  • mergers covenant, 192
  • Meriwether, John, 335
  • Merrill Lynch, 360
  • mezzanine debt, 232–234
  • Microsoft, 26, 29
  • middle office, investment bank, 13
  • Milken, Michael, 231
  • monetary exchange, 357
  • monitoring news, 111–112
  • Monte Carlo analysis, 341–342
  • Moody’s, 351–352
  • Morgan Stanley, 9, 360
  • Morningstar, 60, 352–353
  • mortgage (secured) bonds, 190
  • mortgage REITs, 304
  • mortgage-backed securities, 359
  • Munger, Charlie, 306
  • municipal bankruptcy, 335–336
  • municipal funds, 309

N

  • Nasdaq Private Market, 178
  • net margin, 145
  • net operating profit after tax (NOPAT), 120
  • net pension liability, 286–287
  • net profit, 119
  • net profit margin, ROE ratio, 249
  • net worth statement, 126
  • Netflix, 104, 267
  • New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 264
  • non-financial information, 110
    • aggregators, 112
    • company filings, 112
    • corporate profits, 113
    • economic indicators, 110–111
    • IPO calendar, 113
    • M&A, 112–113
    • macro economy, 110
    • monitoring news, 111–112
  • non-operating items, DuPont analysis, 253–254
  • NOPAT (net operating profit after tax), 120
  • NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), 264

O

  • off–balance sheet financing
    • credit default swaps, 293–295
    • Enron, 290–292
    • Olympus Corporation, 292–293
    • operating lease, 290
    • overview, 289–290
  • offering price, IPOs, 51
  • Olympus Corporation, 292–293
  • One Up on Wall Street (Lynch), 117
  • Online Investing For Dummies (Krantz), 1
  • online resources
    • Bloomberg machine, 350
    • Bureau of Economic Analysis, 353
    • Bureau of Industry and Security, 353
    • Bureau of Labor Statistics, 353
    • Department of Commerce, 353
    • Federal Reserve, 354
    • Index Fund Advisors, 352
    • IPOScoop.com, 351
    • MarketSmith, 352
    • Moody’s, 351–352
    • Morningstar, 352–353
    • Renaissance Capital, 351
    • Reuters, 350
    • SEC, 351
    • Standard & Poor’s, 350–351
    • Trefis, 354
  • open-end mutual funds, 307
  • operating activities, statement of cash flows, 128
  • operating income, 119
  • operating lease, 290
  • operating profit margin, 249
  • opportunity cost, 126
  • options, stock, 134, 175, 266
  • original-issue junk bonds, 231
  • orphans, defined, 54
  • overhead costs, 144
  • overstating financial position
    • pension liabilities, 284–288
    • WorldCom, 288–289
  • overstating revenue, 278–282

P

  • Pac-Man defense, 75
  • passive investment, 233
  • Paulson, John, 294, 299, 310
  • P/E (price-to-earnings) ratio, 137, 167
  • pensions
    • assumed rate of return, 285–286
    • on balance sheets, 123
    • benefit pension plan, 285
    • contribution pension plan, 285
    • General Motors, 288
    • net pension liability, 286–287
    • overview, 284–285
  • Pepsico, 255–257
  • Performance Ade, 316–326
  • perpetual bonds, 194
  • perpetuity growth formula, discounted free cash flow model, 220–221
  • plain-vanilla bonds, 188
  • Point72 Ventures, 300
  • poison pills, 73
  • poison puts, 73
  • post-retirement benefits, on balance sheets, 123
  • preferred stock, 11, 175
    • defined, 49
    • sold by Goldman Sachs, 360
  • pre-IPO marketplaces, 179
  • price multiples, 244
  • price target section, research report, 58
  • price target, shares, 38
  • price-to-book ratio, 137–138
  • price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, 137, 167
  • pricing
    • bonds
      • coupon rate effect, 197–198
      • credit spreads, 196–197
      • duration, 198–200
      • interest rate sensitivity, 197–200
      • present value, 192–195
      • term to maturity effect, 198
      • yield to maturity and, 195–196
    • stocks, 175–176
  • primary market, 16
  • primary securities market, 263
  • principal and selling shareholders section, prospectus, 50
  • private business sales
    • going-private transactions, 30–31
    • overview, 29–30
    • private placements, 31–32
    • rationale for, 30
  • private equity partnership, 234
  • private equity sponsor, 228
  • private placements, 31–32
  • private-equity firms
    • Blackstone, 29
    • handling debt in deal making, 28
    • IPOs, 28
    • LBOs and, 27–29
    • recapitalizations, 28
    • selling to strategic buyers, 28
  • privately held companies, 177–178
  • pro forma financial statements
    • defined, 71
    • discounted cash flow analysis, 342
    • income statements, 120
    • LBOs, 236–238
    • Performance Ade, 324–326
    • Yankee Beverages, 324–326
  • probability distribution, 341
  • profit margins
    • defined, 143
    • gross profit margin, 247–248
    • net profit margin, 249
    • operating profit margin, 249
  • profitability ratios
    • defined, 244
    • gross margin, 144
    • income from continuing operations margin, 144–145
    • net margin, 145
    • overview, 143–144
  • program trading (algorithmic trading), 38–39
  • projections. See also forecasting
    • discounted cash flow analysis, 342–343
    • pro forma financial statements, 71, 120, 236–238, 324–326, 342
  • property, plant, and equipment assets, balance sheet, 122
  • proprietary trading, 268–269
  • prospectus (S-1 document), 100
    • business section, 49
    • capitalization structure, 49
    • defined, 34
    • discussion and analysis of financial condition section, 49
    • executive pay section, 49–50
    • financial data section, 49
    • industry data section, 48
    • legal matters section, 51
    • management section, 49–50
    • principal and selling shareholders section, 50
    • related-party transactions, 50
    • risk factors section, 47–48
    • summary section, 47
    • underwriting section, 51
    • use of proceeds section, 48
  • proxy fight, 69
  • proxy statement (DEF 14A), 100, 131–134
    • management pay packages
      • bonuses, 134
      • salary, 133
      • stock awards, 134
      • stock options, 134
    • management team incentive, 132–133
    • overview, 131–132
  • proxy vote, 69
  • publicly traded company
    • defined, 29
    • market value, 30
  • publicly traded securities, 177
  • pump-and-dump strategy, 265–266
  • put options, 175, 266
  • puttable bonds, 189

Q

  • Quaker Oats, 78
  • quarterly report (10-Q report), 100
  • quick ratio, 142
  • quiet periods, IPOs, 52

R

  • Rajaratnam, Raj, 265
  • Raju, Ramalinga, 280–282
  • ratio analysis section, research report, 59
  • ratios
    • efficiency ratios
      • calculating growth rate, 150–151
      • overview, 146–147
      • POE ratio, 149
      • ROA ratio, 147
      • ROC ratio, 148–149
    • liquidity multiples
      • debt-to-equity ratio, 141–142
      • interest coverage, 142–143
      • overview, 140–141
      • quick ratio, 142
    • overview, 135–136
    • profitability ratios
      • gross margin, 144
      • income from continuing operations margin, 144–145
      • net margin, 145
      • overview, 143–144
    • valuation multiples
      • EV/EBITDA ratio, 138–140
      • overview, 136
      • P/E ratio, 137
      • price-to-book ratio, 137–138
  • real estate, 303–304
  • real estate investment trusts (REITs), 304
  • real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs), 304
  • recapitalizations, 28
  • recommendation section, research report, 58
  • Reg AC (Regulation Analyst Certification), 273
  • Reg FD (Regulation Fair Disclosure), 267
  • regional investment firms, 15
  • REITs (real estate investment trusts), 304
  • related-party transactions, 50, 291
  • relative value, 299
  • REMICs (real estate mortgage investment conduits), 304
  • Renaissance Capital, 113, 351
  • Renaissance period banking, 356
  • research
    • buy-side analysts, 37–38
    • empirical studies on CAPM, 219–220
    • independent equity research, 58, 60
    • overview, 36
    • research report
      • business summary, 59
      • highlights/summary, 58
      • industry outlook section, 59
      • investment opinion, 59
      • key statistics section, 58
      • overview, 57–58
      • price target section, 58
      • ratio analysis section, 59
      • recommendation section, 58
      • use by sell-side analysts, 59–60
    • role of EDGAR database in, 114
    • sell-side analysts, 37–38
  • research units, investment banks, 9
  • restricted stock, 134
  • return on assets (ROA) ratio, 147
  • return on capital (ROC) ratio, 148–149
  • return on equity ratio. See ROE ratio
  • Reuters, 350
  • revenue, overstating, 278–282
  • revolving credit, 228–229
  • risk factors section, prospectus, 47–48
  • risk-free rate of return, CAPM, 218
  • ROA (return on assets) ratio, 147
  • roadshows, IPOs, 45, 52
  • ROC (return on capital) ratio, 148–149
  • ROE (return on equity) ratio, 149
    • dividend payout rate, 245–247
    • DuPont analysis
      • Cola wars, 255–257
      • five-factor method, 253–254
      • overview, 250–252
      • three-factor method, 251–252
    • gross profit margin, 247–248
    • importance of, 244
    • net profit margin, 249
    • operating profit margin, 249
    • overview, 243–244
  • Rothschild & Son, 357
  • Royal Bank of Scotland, 79
  • rules and regulations
    • on analysts, 270–274
    • complying with, 21
    • disclosure of information, 266–267
    • Dodd–Frank legislation, 267–269
    • history of, 262–264
    • illegal insider trading, 264–265
    • keys to successful regulation, 274–275
    • market manipulation, 265–266
    • overview, 261
    • Regulation Fair Disclosure, 267
  • Russian financial crisis of 1998, 335

S

  • S&P (Standard & Poor’s), 350–351
  • S&P Dow Jones Indices, 113
  • S&P Global Market Intelligence, 106
  • S-1 document. See prospectus
  • S.A.C. Capital Advisors, 300
  • sales growth estimates, discounted cash flow analysis, 343–344
  • Sarbanes–Oxley Act, 290
  • Satyam, 280–282
  • Scott Paper, 279
  • SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), 31. See also EDGAR database; rules and regulations
    • crowdfunding, 33–34
    • ETFs, 309
    • as online resource, 351
    • research reports and, 56
  • secondary LBOs, 94
  • secondary market, 173, 263, 307–308
  • secondary offering, IPOs, 53
  • sector (industry) funds, 308
  • sectors, defined, 156–157
  • secured (mortgage) bonds, 190
  • securities
    • auction-rate securities, 13
    • derivatives, 39
    • fixed-income securities, 187
    • hybrid securities, 11
    • mortgage-backed securities, 359
    • private equity, 10
    • publicly traded securities, 177
    • TIPS, 309
  • Securities and Exchange Commission. See SEC
  • Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 263
  • Security Act of 1933, 263
  • selective disclosure, 267
  • selling, general, and administrative costs (SG&A), 119
  • selling companies, 43–44. See also IPOs
  • sell-side analysts, 37–38
    • conflicts of interest, 55–56
    • disseminating research, 55–56
    • goals of, 54–55
    • investors expectations for, 55
    • M&A process, 75–76
    • overview, 53–54
    • use of research report, 59–60
  • seniority, LBOs, 235
  • sensitivity analysis, 340–341
  • SG&A (selling, general, and administrative costs), 119
  • shareholder approval, 100
  • shareholders (stockholders), 172
  • shares. See also stocks
    • break, 35–36
    • price target, 38
  • SharesPost, 178
  • shark repellent
    • acquiring debt, 74
    • dual classes of shares, 74
    • fair price amendments, 74
    • golden parachutes, 73
    • Greenmail, 74–75
    • Pac-Man defense, 75
    • poison pills, 73
    • poison puts, 73
    • staggered boards of directors, 74
    • supermajority voting, 74
    • white knights, 75
  • Shark Tank (TV series), 301
  • Shiller, Robert, 304
  • short-term borrowings, on balance sheet, 123
  • short-term debt, 129
  • Simons, James, 275, 299
  • size premium, stocks, 216
  • Slack, 53
  • Snapple Beverage Corporation, 78
  • social media, as information resource, 104–105
  • solvency ratios, 244
  • sophisticated investors, 300
  • SPE (special-purpose entities; special-purpose vehicles), 290–291
  • staggered boards of directors, 74
  • Standard & Poor’s (S&P), 350–351
  • standard deviation, 188
  • statement of cash flows
    • financing activities, 129–130
    • free cash flow, 130–131
    • investing activities, 128–129
    • operating activities, 128
    • role in deal making, 127
  • Stein, Ben, 303
  • stock buybacks, 180
  • stock exchange, 29
  • stock mutual funds, 307–308
  • stock-based compensation, 128
  • stock-based crowdfunding, 33
  • stockholders (shareholders), 172
  • stocks
    • buyouts, 179
    • characteristics of, 173–174
    • common stock, 175
    • dividends, 173
    • follow-on offering, 180
    • Form 4 documents, 181
    • idiosyncratic premium, 216
    • implied enterprise value, 182–183
    • implied equity value, 182–183
    • insider trading, 181
    • market risk premium, 216
    • options, 134, 175, 266
    • overview, 171–172
    • past transactions
      • analyzing, 180–184
      • finding, 176–179
    • preferred stock, 175
    • pre-IPO marketplaces, 179
    • price appreciation, 173
    • pricing, 175–176
    • privately held companies, 177–178
    • publicly traded securities, 177
    • size premium, 216
    • special business transactions, 173
    • stock bashing, 266
    • stock buybacks, 180
    • stock ticker symbols, 172
    • stockholders, 172
  • Storage Wars (TV series), 79
  • strategic buyers
    • LBOs and, 94
    • M&A process, 26
  • stress testing, discounted free cash flow model, 223
  • subprime mortgage loans, 333
  • summary compensation table, 50
  • summary section, prospectus, 47
  • Sunbeam, 279–280
  • supermajority voting, 74
  • synergy, 62, 64, 191

T

  • tainted research, 331–332
  • target weightings, 213, 347
  • targets
    • LBOs, 87–91
    • M&A process, 27
  • TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program), 360
  • tax effect ratio, DuPont analysis, 254
  • taxes
    • income taxes, 119
    • M&A process and, 65–66
  • 10-K report (annual report), 99–100
  • 10-Q report (quarterly report), 100
  • tender offers, 69, 74
  • term to maturity effect, bonds, 198
  • Tesla, 131, 238
  • theory of relativity, 153
  • 13D report, 99
  • 13F report, 98–99
  • Thomson Reuters, 106, 111
  • three-factor method, DuPont analysis, 251–252
  • time to market, 318
  • TIPS (Treasury-Inflation Protected Securities), 309
  • too big to fail, 330
  • top-down analysis, 346
  • total assets
    • balance sheets, 123
    • total asset turnover, 251–252
  • trade facilitation, 39
  • trading desks, 38–41
    • algorithmic trading, 38–39
    • overview, 38–39
    • trading strategies, 40–41
  • trading financing, 39
  • trading income, 16
  • traditional banking
    • investment banking versus, 10–11
    • traditional term loans, 229–230
  • transparency, 268
  • Treasury-Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), 309
  • Trefis, 117, 354
  • trend analysis, 160–163
  • Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 360
  • Trout, Mike, 194
  • Tumblr, 30
  • Twain, Mark, 343
  • Twitter, 104
  • two and twenty compensation scheme, 300, 301
  • two-stage growth model, discounted free cash flow model, 222–223
  • two-tiered tender offers, 74

U

  • Uber Technologies, 31, 53, 131, 176
  • understating expenses
    • Eddie Antar, 283–284
    • matching principle, 282
    • Waste Management scandal, 282–283
  • underwriters, 16, 34–36
  • underwriting
    • defined, 10
    • fees, 16
  • underwriting section, prospectus, 51
  • unicorns, 53
  • unsecured creditors (debenture holders), 190
  • use of proceeds section, prospectus, 48
  • usury, 356

V

  • valuation multiples
    • debt-to-equity ratio, 169–170
    • EV/EBITDA ratio, 138–140, 168–169
    • overview, 136
    • P/E ratio, 137, 167
    • price-to-book ratio, 137–138
  • value funds, 308
  • venture capital, 301
  • venture capitalists, 33
  • venture-capital firms, 44
  • Verizon, 30
  • vertical mergers, 63
  • Volcker, Paul, 268
  • Volcker Rule, 268–269

W

  • WACC (weighted average cost of capital)
    • CAPM, 217–220
    • cost of debt capital, 214–215
    • cost of equity capital, 215–217
    • discounted cash flow analysis, 346–347
    • importance of, 213–214
    • overview, 212–213
  • Walt Disney Company, 117
  • warrants, 175, 232–233
  • Waste Management scandal, 282–283
  • weighted average cost of capital. See WACC
  • Weyerhaeuser, 69
  • white knights, 75
  • Willamette Industries, 69
  • WorldCom, 288–289, 332

Y

  • Yahoo!, 30
  • Yale investment model, 87
  • Yankee Beverages, 316–326
  • yield to maturity, 195–196

Z

  • zero-coupon bonds, 190, 356
  • zero-sum game, 294
  • Zuckerberg, Mark, 50
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