{"id":471,"date":"2010-06-30T18:17:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T22:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2010-07-01T22:10:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T02:10:36","slug":"why-every-major-wall-street-firm-is-bullish-an-we%e2%80%99re-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/30\/why-every-major-wall-street-firm-is-bullish-an-we%e2%80%99re-not\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY EVERY MAJOR WALL STREET FIRM IS BULLISH AND WE\u2019RE NOT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is not a single firm that measures risk as we do. As you know, we have been bearish on stocks for the good part of a year. Even when stocks were reaching new post-credit crisis highs, we did not bulge.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because every firm measures risk using the same old, worn-out, models that base risk off of volatility or non-distributable earnings.<\/p>\n<p>We measure risk using the most important factors to a business. Items including sales growth, sales volatility, cash burn, credit spreads, ability to roll over debt, foreign risk, insurance, possible loss of a patent or key executive, taxes, and over 60 other variables.<\/p>\n<p>Everything we do is more intensive.<\/p>\n<p>From how we define free cash flow which includes excess expenditures to invested capital which is based off of our proprietary free cash flow.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you would benefit from learning these credit and cash flow methods?<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming a better securities analyst, pre-order &#8220;Security Valuation and Risk Analysis&#8221; available at all online book outlets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/30\/why-every-major-wall-street-firm-is-bullish-an-we%e2%80%99re-not\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p><div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=WHY+EVERY+MAJOR+WALL+STREET+FIRM+IS+BULLISH+AND+WE%E2%80%99RE+NOT+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.credittrends.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D471\" title=\"Post to Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=WHY+EVERY+MAJOR+WALL+STREET+FIRM+IS+BULLISH+AND+WE%E2%80%99RE+NOT+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.credittrends.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D471\" title=\"Post to Twitter\">Tweet This Post<\/a><\/p><\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is not a single firm that measures risk as we do. 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