Advisory Research: “There’s just tremendous value in small caps relative to the rest of the market that we are excited about”
Advisory Research Investment Management: “There’s just tremendous value in small caps relative to the rest of the market that we are excited about”
In this podcast, Mark Goodwin, Chief Executive Officer of North Square Investments discusses the high-conviction equity strategy of Advisory Research Investment Management with Matt Swaim, Managing Director and Executive Chairman.
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Definitions of terms used in this podcast:
Cash flow is a measurement of the amount of cash that comes into and out of your business in a particular period of time. When a business experiences positive cash flow, there is more cash coming into the business than leaving it.
A discount rate refers to the interest rate used in discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis to determine the present value of future cash flows. Investors and businesses can use the discount rate for potential investments.
A hard asset refers to a tangible asset or resource with fundamental value. Examples of hard assets include a fleet of trucks for the delivery of consumer goods, land, real estate, and commodities.
A supply chain is a network of individuals and companies who are involved in creating a product and delivering it to the consumer. Links on the supply chain begin with the producers of the raw materials and end when the van delivers the finished product to the end user.
A multiple measures some aspect of a company’s financial health, determined by dividing one metric by another metric. Metrics are quantitative tools that measure a company’s performance. The metric in the numerator is typically larger than the one in the denominator. Investors use multiples to quantify a company’s growth, productivity, and efficiency.
The S&P 500 Index is the Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 stocks and is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of common stock prices The S&P 500 Index is the Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 500 stocks and is a widely recognized, unmanaged index of common stock prices. One cannot invest directly in an index.
An ETF or exchange-traded fund is a pooled investment security that can be purchased and sold like an individual stock. ETFs can be structured to track anything from the price of a commodity to a large and diverse collection of securities.
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