Aside from the common stocks, which get most of the media attention, the preferred shares of both companies are also
trading at deep discounts to their par value.
This method of investing requires the investor to search for mediocre companies
trading at deep discounts.
Right now, Canadian crude is
trading at a deep discount to a barrel of West Texas Intermediate, so that's part of the problem.
We seek to buy the bag (the stock) when
it trades at a deep discount to the value of the assets in the bag.
Three are high - quality REITs, two are conservative ETFs, one is a dirt - cheap closed - end fund and one is a more speculative business development company
trading at a deep discount.
Right now, Canadian crude is
trading at a deep discount to a barrel of West Texas Intermediate, so that's part of the problem.
But even so, at these levels it is safe to say that Prospect is
trading at a deep discount to the value of its underlying portfolio.
Yet, our stock price does not reflect the intrinsic value of our assets and we continue to
trade at a deep discount to our cash.»
Not exact matches
A standard
deep discount clause looks something like this: «On copies of the Work sold by the Publisher
at a
discount of greater than 55 % from the publisher's retail price through channels outside of ordinary retail
trade channels, the author will be paid a royalty of 15 % of the Publisher's net proceeds.»
Keep in mind that the «
deep discount» clause usually kicks in
at 51 % for books contracted prior to 2011 or so... and that
trade nonfiction (which actually drives this whole conversation —
trade fiction is the flea on the tail of the dog,
at least insofar as the money in book publishing goes, and is the source of every default in publishing) has been much slower to raise that trigger point.
While it's not clear how many publishers have received similar demands, Amy Rhodes, a partner
at New York
trade - publishing consultancy Market Partners International, said, «We have to assume they're looking for
deeper discounts from everybody.»
[NB: i) Church House's Argo stake is held by the
Deep Value Investments Fund, managed by Jeroen Bos — if you haven't read it already, I can highly recommend his recent book «
Deep Value Investing», ii) XXX Capital Management is a well - known European hedge fund, which hasn't publicly disclosed a holding in Argo to date, hence the redaction — Argo management are obviously aware of their shareholding & support, and iii) the letter was based on a GBP 14p share price & a higher GBP / USD rate —
at the current 13.875 p price and exchange rate, Argo now
trades at a 36 %
discount to net cash and investments, and a 47 %
discount to net tangible assets.]