James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Relative value is a method of determining an asset's worth that takes into account the value of similar assets.

When choosing an investment, there are many ways to evaluate assets. Some investors use relative value, which compares potential investments. It includes measures such as liquidity, risk, and return.

For private companies that haven’t issued equity, estimating a valuation is rarely straightforward. When Inc. spoke with experts ranging from business valuation professionals to founders who’ve ...

This article was written by David Mullen, Product Manager for Core Fixed-Income Analytics, and Fateen Sharaby, Business Manager for Index-Linked Products at Bloomberg. Credit futures, which started ...

Relative value determines an asset’s value when accounting for the value of similar assets. Relative value is not to be confused with an asset’s absolute value. That only considers the actual asset’s ...