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1.
Which generally takes more time and expertise to calculate?
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Future cash flows. These require a lot of financial statements, facts, and projections to calculate.
2.
Which Uncertainty Rating requires the largest discount (margin of safety) for a stock to become rated 5 stars?
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Very high. Stocks with an Uncertainty Rating of Very High require the largest discount to Morningstar's Fair Value Estimate before they become rated 5 stars.
3.
An estimate of a company's fair value involves determining how much one would pay today for all the sales generated by the company in the future.
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False. Rather than sales, the estimate uses streams of excess cash.
4.
The Morningstar Rating for a stock can change for which of the following reasons?
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A combination of any of these factors. Any one or several of these factors can cause a change in the rating.
5.
What does Morningstar prefer to use to value stocks?
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Future profits. Using future profits is easier to understand and requires less context than using ratios.