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| | | | 1. | PE | (Price/Earning; earnings multiple, multiple) A ratio used to measure how cheap or expensive share prices are. PE is probably the single most consistent red flag to excessive optimism and over-investment. It also serves, regularly, as a marker of business problems and opportunities. By relating price and earnings per share for a company, one can analyze the market's valuation of a company's shares relative to the wealth the company is actually creating. A PE ratio is calculated as: Price | | 2. | PN | (Promissory Note) A contract detailing the terms of a promise by one party (the maker) to pay a sum of money to the other (the payee). The obligation may arise from the repayment of a loan or from another form of debt. For example, in the sale of a business, the purchase price might be a combination of an immediate cash payment and one or more promissory notes for the balance. The terms of a note typically include the principal amount, the interest rate if any, and the maturity date. | |
