Track 02

Any order5 cases · 3h 25m · Intro to intermediate

Price Discovery

The value exists before trading starts. Each case releases it differently — as private estimates, as earnings, as the odds on a deal — and the price has to assemble it.

The arc

  1. 1

    PD0 Price Discovery

    The final value is fixed; each desk holds part of it.

    40 min
  2. 2

    PD1 IPO Pricing

    The same question for a stock that has never traded.

    40 min
  3. 3

    EV1 Relative PE Valuation

    Earnings arrive on a schedule; the multiple does the rest.

    40 min
  4. 4

    M&A1 Takeover Arbitrage

    A deal's chance of closing moves the target.

    40 min
  5. 5

    RE1 Market efficiency and dividend information

    Dividend news after each period, and some traders hear first.

    45 min