FAVORITE VALUATION

INTERNET SITES

VERSION 6.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presented to the

American Society of Appraisers

Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter #011

May 5, 2009

 

 

 

 

Prepared by:

Michael B. Van Amburgh, ASA

 

 

 

 

 

VAVAINC.

VAN AMBURGH VALUATION ASSOCIATES

 

P.O. Box  222097

Dallas, Texas 75222-2097

(972) 723-9500 Phone

(972) 723-9501 Fax

mike@vavavalue.com

Favorite Valuation Internet Sites

Version 6.0

by Michael B. Van Amburgh, ASA

 

2008-09 Additions to Study

 

http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:IESC

 

Google now has almost everything found in in Yahoo Finance.

 

http://ecpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/Index.html

 

Taxable entity search.

 

http://www.window.state.tx.us/ecodata/fcst06spr/

 

Texas Economic Forecasts from 2006.

 

http://dallas.housealmanac.com/

 

What is your property worth?

 

http://phonedatasite.com/214-468

 

Reverse telephone listing search.

 

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/marketquotes/index.php3?market=CL

 

Daily futures prices for oil and gas.

 

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/cong08/

 

Future Year Crude Oil and Natural Gas Price Forecast

 

http://www.texasahead.org/economy/indicators/ecoind/ecoind4.html#natural

 

Historical oil and gas prices by month.

 

http://www.dailyoilbulletin.com/archive/dw.asp?report=prices

 

Selected daily oil and gas prices.

 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_07/26cfr1k_07.html

 

Internal Revenue Code Title 26

 

http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/tpcpa/jul_aug2003/auditor.htm

 

Auditor Independence Rules Impact Business Valuation and Litigation Services

 


http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/

 

Website of Aswan Damodaran, noted expert on option theory.  Includes free spreadsheets for valuation of options, warrants, and other securities.

 

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2008/10/lack-of-control.html

 

Steve Akers’ blog, including thoughts on Lack of Control and Marketability Discounts for Tiered Partnership Interests.

 

http://biz.vrbusinessbrokers.com/Office-Listings.asp?SB=ID

 

Listing of brokered business sales with price and earnings data.

 

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?pc

 

Producer price index histories for commodities and products.

 

http://www.eia.doe.gov/

 

Oil and gas industry forecasts and data.

 

http://www.krassmonroe.com/publications/articles/downloads/Franchise%20Times%20-%20Sept%2008.pdf

 

Purchase multiples and trends for franchised restaurants.

 

http://rbm.hoopspickem.com/(wrgykorunxddizrt3zk5b255)/Login.aspx

 

Entry screen for NCAA final 4 Contest for $1,000,000.

 

http://www.investopedia.com/university/optionvolatility/volatility2.asp

 

Descriptions of proper calculations for option and warrant value.

 

http://www.option123.com/volatili.htm

 

Paid service to calculate option volatility and value for publicly-traded companies.

 

http://www.texasahead.org/economy/outlook.html

 

Texas Comptroller’s Economic Outlook – May 2009.

 

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_a.htm

 

Excel downloadable trends of gasoline prices – retail and wholesale.

 

http://www.lme.co.uk/copper_graphs.asp

 

Commodity price histories.

 


http://www.cefa.com/

 

Closed end fund information and discount from NAV data.

 

http://www.ici.org/stats/ce/index.html#TopOfPage

 

More closed-end fund data.

 

http://www.etfconnect.com/tools/Pricing.aspx#footnote

 

Daily closed-end fund pricing.

 

http://www.dallasfed.org/research/agsurvey/index.html

 

Dallas Fed’s Quarterly Agricultural Report.

 

http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/agp/

 

Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center data on rural land.

 

http://recenter.tamu.edu/data/datarl.html

 

Different form of Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center data on rural land.

 

http://www.alacrastore.com/company-snapshot/Dycom_Industries_Inc-1005283

 

Great place to buy data.

 

http://www.chassmiddleton.com/

 

Listings and sales of Texas ranchland.

 

http://www.hoadley.net/options/optiongraphs.aspx?

 

This is an easy to use option calculator from the land down under.

 

http://www.hoadley.net/options/optiongraphs.aspx?warrant=Y

 

This is an adjustment to the prior model to meet the dilution requirements of warrant valuations.

 

www.asadfw.org

 

Thank you to Gene Ruelle for the improvements to this site.

 

http://www.fineartsappraisal.com/

 

Looking for links to fine arts information?  Try this site.

 

http://www.crmz.com/Default.asp

 

This site provides inexpensive credit reports and credit information on public and private companies.

 

http://www.appraisalresources.com/

 

Frances Zeman’s website with great links to other personal property and fine arts sites.

 

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/

 

Website of Aswan Damodaran, noted expert on option theory.  Includes free spreadsheets for valuation of options, warrants, and other securities.

 

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/drs05/

 

State Comptroller’s Office study on discount ranges for oil and gas interests.

 

http://www.bizbuysell.com/

 

Business for Sale search engine.

 

http://www.manta.com/

 

Credit reports for private and public companies

 

http://www.economagic.com/

 

Over 200,000 data files with Excel Spreadsheets and charts for each

 

http://www.nctcog.org/ris/presentations/SeniorLeadership06.swf

 

Demographics and Development Trends in North Central Texas.

 

http://www.realtyrates.com/commentaryg.html

 

Current real estate capitalization rates by property type.

 

http://www.regioncwater.org/Planning/index.cfm

 

Information about water conservation and the supply and demand for water in North Central Texas.

 

http://drought.unl.edu/dm/archive.html

 

A historical database of drought maps for the Entire continental United States.

 

http://www.royaltystat.com/search.cfm?newsearch=1

 

A database for finding actual royalty rates used in licensing intangible property.

 

http://www.optionseducation.org/help/faq/general.jsp#1

 

A question and answer page for options information.