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Same stores sales on retail business recovery
if i have a set of same store sales growth for a retail company. i'm trying to see if the current recovery in those growth has actually made the sales level back to the pre-crisis level. hence... i index by putting 100 as 2007's monthly number. then i multiply that 100 with 1+SSS growth in 2008 and... Read More
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Re: WACC : Historical Beta Values
Fernandez from IESE business school in 2007 in a paper mentioned some formulae for levering/unlevering beta Fernández (2006): • If the debt is expected to be proportional to the book value of equity, the correct relationship between the levered beta (ßL) and the unlevered beta (ßu) is: ßL = Ã... Read More
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Making COUNTIF More Adaptable
I'm trying to count how many times a name occurs in a specific column. However, depending on where the person sits in the hierarchy, their name will appear in a different column. How do I make the "criteria range" in a COUNTIF function dynamic? I need a way to reference a key cell in the... Read More
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How do you properly amortize debt items / paydown of debt?
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How do you determine the amortization of debt items / paydown of debt for individual debt items?
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RE: 338(h)(10) elections and NOLs
In that case, can a buyer who is a s-corp, llc, llp use section 338(h)10 or can it only be used by a buyer who is a c-corp bc only in this strucure is there double taxation events (the s corp, llc, llp pass through everything, so there would be no need to do a 338(h)10 if the buyer were somehting li... Read More
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Watermark Help
I am currently viewing excel via the "Page Break Preview" mode. Is there any way to STAY in Page Break Preview, but remove the "Page 1", etc. watermarks that are present?

Thanks.
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What balances the LBO model in the Sources & Uses of Fun
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What balances the LBO model in the Sources & Uses of Funds?
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RE: Negative Goodwill
Thanks for the fast reply. You are correct on your first remark. I ment book value. To be quite honest, once i have sent your email i tried to work it through your model with a trial and error method until i could balance it. Just for your info, until 31/12/2004 under IFRS 22 negative goodwill ... Read More
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Deal Comps Analysis: Quick model formatting question
Hi, This might seem like a dumb question, but does it really matter how we structure our models? Because the deal comps inputs doesn't have the "adjust EBIT" etc but the public comps do. Also, I feel a bit uneasy about hardcoding all these "adjustments": in the real working world, shouldn't we ri... Read More
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How do you treat NOLs in a M&A deal?
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What is the proper treatment of NOL carryforwards in a M&A deal for the acquiring company?
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