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Strategies & Market Trends : Value Investing

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To: E_K_S who wrote (44849)10/6/2011 10:27:45 PM
From: J Mako  Read Replies (2) of 78687
 
re: SEB

Its P/B is currently at 1.1. But it was 0.6-0.7 in 2002-2003. Interestingly in those years P/E was 12-25. What gives?

Not sure why Greenwald said it was building up cash. I don't see consistently increasing cash holdings in the last 5 years.

Revenues have doubled in less than 10 years. But as Paul said, margin fluctuates. It's a cyclical business.

Need to dig deeper....

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Found this article. Both the main article and the comments provide good background info. One comment suggested book values are understated.

seekingalpha.com
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