In cyclical sectors like steel, coal, copper, or even aerospace and oil I can model average earning power over a full cycle or even use a discount table on assets in the ground.
Having nothing but brains and patents may be an infinitely more valuable model than owning oil fields and pipelines.
On a sector basis, our valuation model shows that the oil-energy sector is undervalued by 2.74%.
FORBES: Trading Energy Stocks With Declining Crude Oil Prices
Many in the oil industry have rejected the integrated model, with Conoco Phillips, for example, spinning off its downstream business.
FORBES: Petrobras: Massive Discoveries And The Case For Downstream
Based on an expected 0.9% annual increase in production over the next decade, the model predicts that real oil prices will nearly double over the same period.
"Oil Creek Valley" demonstrated the American model for venture capital and innovation long, long before the first pioneer venture capitalists showed up in the almond groves around Stanford University that would in due course become Silicon Valley.
The dye tracer used in the model has no actual physical resemblance to true oil.
FORBES: Summer Beach Season Ruined? Computer Simulation Shows BP Oil Spill Could Reach Atlantic Soon
The crisis has exploded a model of economic growth that relied on rising oil and gas prices.
We manage investments using the Endowment Model pioneered by Yale University, manage an oil and gas program, and do some heavy-duty domestic and international tax and estate planning for families.
Ghana, on the cusp of exploiting its oil and gas wealth, as well as offering a relatively stable model of governance by African standards, is an appealing prospect for the state-backed school.
ECONOMIST: A selection of news from around the business campuses
While major oil companies including Exxon Mobil have chosen to continue to operate under the integrated model, others, like ConocoPhillips, have spun off their refining businesses to concentrate on higher margin production units.
FORBES: Billionaire Carl Icahn Scraps Plans To Take CVR Energy Private
In my opinion, they want Mes Aynak to set a precedent -- to be a model for resource extraction of the one trillion dollars plus of valuable minerals like oil, copper, lithium and iron buried underneath Afghanistan.
The Mediterranean diet is characterized by a nutritional model that has remained constant over time and space, consisting mainly of olive oil, cereals, fresh or dried fruit and vegetables, a moderate amount of fish, dairy and meat, and many condiments and spices, all accompanied by wine or infusions, always respecting beliefs of each community.
The black box investment strategy over at ClearStream has been as volatile as the markets, with the investment model moving quickly in and out of the big emerging market ETFs, gold and oil all summer.
The sheer scale of our oil reserves -- the world's largest -- guarantees the complete sustainability of the model in which the country's resources are used to stimulate growth in the economy and aid development.
应用推荐