Xinyuan Real Estate: Notes on 4Q Results

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Highlights from Xinyuan’s recently reported 4Q17 results and Conference Call: China Contract Sales of $802mm, highest ever Only 5 more units sold at the Oosten Project in New York Book Value rose to approximately $15.34/ADS Leverage rose substantially.  Total assets increased by $2.2Bn in 2017 while equity increased by just $0.1Bn.  Landbank increased to 4.9mm sqm in 2017 … Continue reading Xinyuan Real Estate: Notes on 4Q Results

Long-Term Cash Flow Measure Says US Stocks are Overvalued

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Stock prices have been risky when they have grown faster than corporate cash flow (1998-2000, 2007, 2017) and attractive when cash flow has risen faster than stock prices (1994-1997, 2001-2006, 2009-2014). Short-term stock prices trends are largely driven by investor sentiment, but long-term prices correlate with corporate cash flow retained to grow the value of … Continue reading Long-Term Cash Flow Measure Says US Stocks are Overvalued