Business Valuation Expert Invents Better Way to Research Equities

 Business valuation is a process and a set of procedures used to determine the economic value of an owner’s interest in a business.

Business valuation is often used to estimate the selling price of a business, resolve disputes related to estate and gift taxation, divorce litigation, allocate business purchase price among the business assets, establish a formula for estimating the value of partners' ownership interest for buy-sell agreements, and many other business and legal disputes.

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Ian Campbell, a recognized Canadian business valuation expert, manages his own stock portfolio. This would scare the heck out of me if I tried to do the same thing; but he seems to be doing just fine.

Campbell told me that it wasn't that easy in the past. He got tired of wading through financial web sites, newsletters, and other data for what seemed like unending hours each week. Being in the financial industry for more than three decades, he knew from experience the best way was to develop a solution was to tackle it himself.

Speaking of unending hours, how many did you spend last month? Were you like me, wading through the data quagmire -- that unending labyrinth of data related to the stocks you're following?

Perhaps you're one of those who like to manage your own portfolio. Maybe you're interested in the Canadian Small Cap Mining and Oil & Gas Industries; or you're a financial adviser with clients interested in these sectors. If so, you've likely experienced 'the problem' - the huge waste of your valuable time -- pouring over charts, tables, financial documents and websites, when accessing economic, industry and company data on the Internet.

Campbell commissioned proprietary survey research in both the U.S. and Canada. Among other things, it asked how much time respondents spent researching stocks on the Internet. His research pointed out that 80% of those retail investors surveyed in the U.S.A. and Canada spent up to 10 hours per month, researching stocks, bonds and other financial affairs on the Internet.

I think you'll agree it's reasonable to assume that 80% of all retail investors don't manage their own portfolios. They assist or collaborate perhaps; but mostly they rely on the expertise of an investment adviser for assistance. So why are these people online researching and investigating equities?

The answer perhaps lies in the fact that the research also asked these same respondents a few questions about how they felt regarding their own investment advisers.

The answers were illuminating to be sure! Let's just say these 80% are not taking any chances. They want to know exactly what is happening with their portfolio and how to ensure that their own Investment Advisor focuses on their financial affairs.