Join Brian Nelson, Morningstar's associate director of training, and Brett Horn, Morningstar's associate director of equity research, as they lead an introductory workshop that will teach you the basics of discounted cash-flow modeling. This analysis forms the basis of the fair value estimates that Morningstar generates for the 2,000 stocks it covers.
Review the process that Morningstar analysts follow to understand a company's current financial situation
Formulate assumptions about a company's future growth prospects and model those assumptions into a future stream of cash flows
Learn how to aggregate the value of those future cash flows to produce an estimate of the company's fair value today
Explore real-world examples and discuss basic comparable ratio analysis and how you can incorporate this when valuing firms.
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Stock Valuation 101
Session 1: $99
Fri, June 19, 2009
2:00 pm–5:00 pm
Agenda coming soon
Investors First
Morningstar is dedicated to helping investors master the skills necessary to make confident investing decisions. In this time of financial turmoil, we thought it more important than ever to offer hands-on training to help investors fine-tune these skills. That's why we created the Morningstar Workshop Series.

In the coming months, Morningstar will be offering additional workshops covering topics such as ETFs, Options, personal finance, and more.

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