The value of an asset at the start of a time period (i.e., stocks at the start of a trading session or real estate upon appraisal).
Hans wanted to impress his neighborhood crush, Gertrude, who liked German cars. So he went to visit a buddy who sold knock-off merchandise like "Lewis Vuittoon" bags and "Tug Hewer" watches and bought a BMV (similar to a BMW but with minor logo tweaks) for $2,000 (its beginning market value).
Turns out Gertrude is more of a Volkswagen fan, so Hans returned the car the next day, receiving its ending market value of $500 (because of depreciation), which then becomes the next day's beginning market value.
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dead person nor of a disease that kills you um terminally nor is it what gate 17
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something and in our little fancy finance world here
it applies usually to a stream of cash flows and then that company is sold at [Two men looking at a screen showing stock prices]
the end for some terminal value sperm bank of America is storing progeny for [The words 'illustrative example time' fall out of a piggy bank]
the future on a cash flow basis it will break even for five years and at the end
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