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The BS Dictionary
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The BS Dictionary

by Bob Wiltfong, Tim Ito
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
340 pages
8h 38m
English
Association for Talent Development
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net-net n. 1. The main message or bottom line. 2. A final outcome that has taken into account all the pros and cons associated with it.

BS Definition: Repeating a word needlessly to sound so much more relevant-relevant.

Origin: The original term net-net derives from the world of investment.1 Benjamin Graham, the British-born American investor, economist, and professor known as the “father of value investing,” is said to have first coined the term as an investment strategy in which a company is valued based solely on its net current assets.2 A net-net stock is one that is priced below its current assets minus its total liabilities. Graham wrote ...

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ISBN: 9781950496174