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book values
noun
Plural of book value
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The stocks in the S.& P. traded at an average 1.3 times their book values.
The figures for book values fail to take into account trading costs.
That is still less than the bank's current book and tangible book values.
The sentimentality is akin to that characterised by the philosopher Professor Malcolm Budd in his book Values of Art.
As part of the sale analysis, I reviewed the estimated book values and market values of each asset.
Moreover, returns on equity are widely assumed to be upwardly biased because they are based on artificially low book values.
Barclays and Deutsche Bank, for instance, are valued by the market at 30-40% of their book values.
Many fundamental investors have stuck to a three-factor model that focuses on company book values, size and market risk.
Value stocks are cheap, at least by one popular definition, which says that their prices are low relative to their book values.
Liquidation prices are generally too low, based on Russian book values and accounting methods that understate true market value, Mr. Pettibone said.
At many institutions, the positions dwarf what American institutions held in mortgage-related securities, for example, when compared to book values.
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