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Vaughn Cordle, CFA serves as an airline analyst and consultant to various institutional investors, investment banks, and money managment firms in the U.S. and around the world. He analyzes industry trends using the core competencies of strategy, finance, and airline economics. Mr. Cordle has over 25 years of experience in the airline industry and is a CFA Charterholder. He has attended executive education programs at Kellogg, Wharton, and other business schools, and is considered one of the leading experts in the airline industry. Mr Cordle is regularly interviewed for Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, BNN, FOX News, Lou Dobbs, and other print and TV media. He is also a Principal of The Aviation Group and a Gerson Lehrman Group Scholar.

Vaughn Cordle's Company

AirlineForecasts, LCC AirlineForecasts provides investment research and analytical support for institutional investors and money managment firms in the U.S. and around the world. In short, we help our clients profit by keeping them on the cutting edge of what's happening in the airline industry.----------------Our exclusive focus is the airline industry, particularly the forces and factors that drive investment decision making. We provide the analytics, forecasts, and valuations required to formulate winning investment strategies in order to beat the market and the competition.-----------------------AirlineForecasts employs experienced airline security analysts, economists, and industry experts. Our sophisticated modeling takes into account the fundamental macroeconomic, operating, financial, and industry variables that drive airline earnings and firm values. ----------------------The heart of our core competency is our ability to evaluate and determine the fair values of airline stocks within the context of the business cycle and industry competition. We analyze airline economics and strategies and develop valuation scenarios under different states of the world. We also examine airline capital structures and estimate sustainable growth rates, as well as the proper risk-adjusted returns required to attract equity capital.---------------------------Market sentiment reflects expectations regarding the fundamentals that drive prices and the market's assessment of fair value, which changes when expectations change. Our in-depth understanding of the critical drivers of airline value combined with rigorous industry analyses provides unique insight on what drives market sentiment and values. This enables us to forecast the crucial factors impacting airline growth, earnings, and firm values. Our best case, base case, and worst case scenarios provide the proper context for valuation and investments. ----------------------Our analyses distill complex issues into understandable risk and return terms and provide the actionable insights top investment decision makers require to stay on the leading edge of the intelligence curve and two steps ahead of the market. --------------------------Our clients are successful because we enable them to be the first to realize and profit from the opportunities of the future.
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Company Contact Details
Phone Number:
703 830-1701
Email Address:
vaughn@airlineforecasts.com
Location:
Washington, DC
Web URL:
http://www.airlineforecasts.com
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Snapshot
  • Analyst
  • Trading frequency: Infrequent
Interests:
  • Options
  • Stocks - long
  • Stocks - short