John Burr Williams
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Oct 10, 2026
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The concept was originally developed by S. Elliott Guild, but it was mathematically formalized by the economist John B. Williams.
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Meaning regardless of what the market ticker says right now, there is a true underlying worth based on hard, fundamental facts.
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Precisely.
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The methodology Williams formalized relies on a mechanism called discounting.
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Yes.
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Along with, uh, the Yale economist Irving Fisher.
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flow model in use.
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I think it was first mentioned in the 1938 book by John Williams.
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It's been around almost
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90 years.