71. The robust market also helps companies that want to pay cash, since their high stock values make borrowing money much easier, analysts said. 72. These measures tended to depress stock values, because investors would not pay as much for non-voting stock, but they have worked well over the years. 73. They thought that Greenspan, who has complained of inflated stock values for four years, wanted to raise interest rates in order to cut stock prices. 74. Those numbers are measured against comparable publicly held companies whose stock values are known because they are set in the marketplace. 75. Thousands of people have lost salaries, stock value and pensions because of the friendly folks from Enron. 76. To be sure, plunging stock values in Canada and the U.S. also helped bolster bonds, traders said. 77. Together, their stock value surpasses all but a handful of Georgia companies. 78. Using other calculations, based on company capitalization, stock value, and debt, Conrail came up with far different valuations. 79. Watching the recent climb in stock values, some recent buyers of bond funds may be fearing a repeat of that crash. |