Hi,
has anybody of you guys ever attempted to value countries? For companies we have essentially one medium by which we can value them (financial statements) and several methods that put a number on a company (DCF, multiples,...)
In the end countries also only have assets (companies & (human)resources), which are financed by debt and cash-flows generated by them. So shouldn't it be possible to put a number on countries too?
And I realize that this is probably going to be a philosophical discussion, cause I don't think that most people ever attempted to do something like that, except some professional firms or the government itself. So come out with your opinions and / or thoughts on how this could be accomplished, which variables one would need to value a country and its currency,...
has anybody of you guys ever attempted to value countries? For companies we have essentially one medium by which we can value them (financial statements) and several methods that put a number on a company (DCF, multiples,...)
In the end countries also only have assets (companies & (human)resources), which are financed by debt and cash-flows generated by them. So shouldn't it be possible to put a number on countries too?
And I realize that this is probably going to be a philosophical discussion, cause I don't think that most people ever attempted to do something like that, except some professional firms or the government itself. So come out with your opinions and / or thoughts on how this could be accomplished, which variables one would need to value a country and its currency,...
