12/7/2011· Appraisal & Valuation
Automobile Appraisals: Insurance & Diminished Value
By: James Polk
Collectibles, Classics, and Custom vehicles have increased in value, it is very important to understand the correct value. Insuring a vehicle is the most common reason creating a need for an accurate valuation followed by, financing, buying, selling etc.
10/18/2017· Appraisal & Valuation
Business Valuations: Different Values for Different Purposes?
By: Michael J. Garibaldi CPA, ABV, CFF, CGMA
There are many more purposes for which valuations are used. Each has its unique presumptions. It must be understood that there is no one value and that the same investment can have a different value to different people and for different reasons. Each valuator must analyze such differences, understand the presumptions inherent in the purpose for which the valuation is to be used, and select and implement a method to determine proper value for the purpose.
1/20/2010· Gems & Jewelry
Consumers Unknowingly Buy "Rubies" That Aren't Rubies At All!
For thousands of years, rubies have been sought and treasured, prized as one of the most valuable of all things on Earth. A fine ruby has everything a precious gemstone should have — magnificent color, shimmering brilliance, extreme rarity, and excellent hardness and overall durability enabling them to be passed on from generation to generations.
3/17/2010· Appraisal & Valuation
Introduction To Business Valuation Concepts For Attorneys
By: Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR
This article is intended to provide a conceptual introduction of business valuation for attorneys who seek a confirmation of the fundamentals, disabuse from common misleading notions, or practical tips to assess the quality of valuation reports encountered in their practices. Business valuation is a broad and technically challenging discipline.
9/29/2020· Appraisal & Valuation
Part 2: AIRA Issues New Standards for Distressed Business Valuation
By: Michael Pakter
In this second article on AIRA Standards, the author discusses unique issues valuing distressed companies. These include the standard of value used, the premise of value, the intended use of the valuation, and cost of capital.
7/23/2005· Appraisal & Valuation
Problems in the QMDM and Comparison to Economic Components Model...
It seems to me that healthy dialogue among practitioners is a useful tool in facilitating our growth as a profession. It is in that spirit that I wish to respond to my colleague, Chris Mercer’s recent article,[Citation Omitted] wherein he asserts that my misunderstanding of his Quantitative Marketability Discount Model (QMDM) explains the disparity in my results and his in calculating the discount for lack of marketability (DLOM). Accordingly, in this article I will
7/25/2012· Appraisal & Valuation
By: Jay Abrams
Regression analysis is a statistical technique to measure the mathematical relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables. In the context of the Market Approach in business valuation, the dependent variable is usually some variation of Fair Market Value (FMV), i.e., market capitalization in the Guideline Public Company method, selling price (IBA), or MVIC (Market Value of Invested Capital, Pratt's Stats).
8/4/2021· Appraisal & Valuation
The New Revenue Accounting Standard: Major Impacts On Business Valuation
The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader to the new Revenue Recognition Accounting Standard (the Standard) issued jointly by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the UK-based International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and to consider the Standard’s impact on financial analyses prepared by practitioners performing business valuatio
5/8/2012· Appraisal & Valuation
Tree and Landscape Values are Still Divergent in Practice
By: John Harris
Trees and landscapes have been valued since humans were given gardens for food and enjoyment. Once people determined how to harvest seeds, how to plant gardens and landscapes, and how to relocate trees and plants, then decisions about what to use and what not to use began to set values for plants. It is this author's opinion that these practices logically date back to the beginning of history.
4/22/2014· Appraisal & Valuation
Tree Risk Assessment: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
By: Joe Samnik
The title is certainly an old play on words and, perhaps correctly, states the fact that no matter how radical a change the underlying components remain the same, as do the consequences. Such is true in many industries and ours is no different. Take the ANSI A300, (Part 9), and the companion publication, Best Management Practices (BMP) Series Tree Risk Assessment, regarding the assessment of tree risks.
by Elliott Rosenbaum, PsyD
by Harry A. Milman, PhD
by Stephen A. Goodman, MA, MS, Stuart H. Wittenstein, EdD
