There is only one true measure of value: the market and its shares.
Which means that we have to find some similar measure of value add in a company, not turnover, which we can compare with GDP.
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Very strangely convinced that the mere creation of it is an economic stimulant, they pay no mind to money existing as a measure of value.
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On the other hand, the price-to-book ratio is a useful measure of value, and most researchers agree that this ratio is strongly correlated with stock price performance.
Bottom line: Money should be a fixed measure of value, just as an hour has 60 minutes, a foot has 12 inches and a pound has 16 ounces.
Gold standard countries have high rates of economic growth that appeal to creditors, and even more appealing to those same creditors is the measure of value that defines their currencies.
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Thank goodness for gold always telling the truth, and for those who doubt its constancy as a measure of value, an ounce in 1971 bought 15 barrels of oil, and an ounce today buys a little over 16.
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Gold is a great predictor of our economic health because as the most constant, objective measure of value in existence, its price is the single best measure of the value of the most important price in the world: the U.S. dollar.
However, tangible book value per share is a good measure of liquidation value, or the amount that shareholders can reasonably expect to receive should the company go under.
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The good news is that half of the 24 industry groups use metrics that most highly correlate to value, and also use TSR as a direct measure of shareholder value.
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At the very least, they offer a more reliable measure of seasonal value than a simpler stat like games started.
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That list will reveal not only the quantifiable measure of your value, but the qualitative value of doing business with you.
And what measure of the value of art to society do we have except the value society is willing to pay for it?
That's why a better measure of the value of the Rangers is Cablevision's Madison Square Garden unit, which primarily includes Madison Square Garden, the MSG Network and professional sports teams.
In fact, just using market capitalization as a measure of the value of the company, Apple could buy the sixth through tenth largest technology stocks traded in the United States.
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Or by some measure of current value?
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They are, however, quick and easy ways for each of us to measure the relative value of the things we buy.
About money, it should be remembered that it was conceived long ago solely to facilitate the exchange of goods, and as a way for market actors to measure the value of investments.
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The role of the state in defining strategy, purposes and priorities of policy for culture and the measure of public understanding of the value of culture depend on a general conceptualizing of the cultural sector and cultural policies.
The best, most immediate measure of the true value of the dollar--or any currency--is gold.
Returning once again to Mill, he knew that the only way to measure the value of currencies was with precious metals.
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"They're admitting that they can't measure the value of their assets, " Richard Bove of Punk Ziegel says of level 3 valuations.
In fact the 100 share index, the main measure of stock market value, ended the year higher than it had started.
"You can't measure the value of a law degree in terms of what your employment number was nine months after graduation, " says Dean Rudy Hasl.
It can also be difficult to measure the value of communication.
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Charles Lee, an economist at Cornell University, has developed a new measure of price to value that takes account of interest rates, dividends and earnings forecasts.
Our mobile strategy will remain a top priority as engagement increases, and we will continue to focus on the business owner, creating more ways to measure the value of Yelp leads.
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And this calculation does not attempt to measure the value of having a football program that is essentially self- supporting and probably subsidizing other sports programs, which liberates University funds for other projects.
As an example, a potential application for an auto manufacturer pushing test drives on its website could be able to measure the value of all test drives booked on the site, and the value of those booked after being referred from social media sites.
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