Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. The free-float ...

In monitoring SEC comment letters, we came across this SEC comment letter made public this month. It serves as a reminder to registrants that, when calculating a company’s public float, there is an ...

In stock market analysis, many numbers get thrown around—market capitalization, price-to-earnings ratios, and total shares outstanding. Yet, one critical metric often misunderstood by individual ...

The CEO of Markel Corporation has suggested a simplified view of deriving its value. This article explores a modification of that approach and benchmarks it against historical prices. Initial results ...

The HKEx aims to review open market requirements, ensuring issuers will have sufficient shares in public hands that are available for trading at listing, while relaxing certain percentage thresholds ...

Berkshire Hathaway can be approximately valued as a sum of equity plus insurance float. The validity of this method is supported by historical data. The market still values Berkshire Hathaway similar ...