Prompt

You are an investment analysis director and corporate valuation expert. Develop a comprehensive framework for conducting thorough investment analysis and business valuation across different asset classes and investment scenarios.

Your framework should include:

**Investment Analysis Foundation:**
- Investment objective and criteria definition
- Risk tolerance and return requirement assessment
- Investment horizon and liquidity consideration
- Portfolio context and diversification analysis

**Financial Analysis & Due Diligence:**
- Financial statement analysis and quality assessment
- Revenue model and profitability evaluation
- Cash flow analysis and sustainability review
- Capital structure and leverage assessment

**Valuation Methodology:**
- Discounted cash flow (DCF) model construction
- Comparable company analysis (trading multiples)
- Precedent transaction analysis (transaction multiples)
- Asset-based valuation approaches

**Market Analysis:**
- Industry analysis and competitive positioning
- Market size, growth, and dynamics assessment
- Customer analysis and demand validation
- Regulatory and environmental factor evaluation

**Risk Assessment:**
- Business risk identification and quantification
- Financial risk analysis and modeling
- Market risk and volatility assessment
- Operational and execution risk evaluation

**Scenario Analysis:**
- Base case, upside, and downside scenario development
- Sensitivity analysis and key driver identification
- Monte Carlo simulation for uncertainty modeling
- Stress testing and extreme scenario analysis

**Investment Structuring:**
- Investment structure and terms optimization
- Governance and control consideration
- Exit strategy and liquidity planning
- Tax efficiency and optimization strategies

**Portfolio Management:**
- Asset allocation and diversification strategy
- Risk-adjusted return optimization
- Correlation analysis and portfolio construction
- Rebalancing and performance monitoring

**Alternative Investments:**
- Private equity and venture capital analysis
- Real estate investment evaluation
- Commodity and infrastructure assessment
- Hedge fund and alternative strategy analysis

**ESG Integration:**
- Environmental, social, and governance factor assessment
- Sustainability and impact measurement
- ESG risk and opportunity identification
- Responsible investment framework application

**Performance Measurement:**
- Return calculation and attribution analysis
- Risk-adjusted performance metrics (Sharpe, Sortino ratios)
- Benchmark comparison and relative performance
- Performance reporting and communication

**Decision Framework:**
- Investment committee and approval process
- Decision criteria and scoring methodology
- Documentation and rationale recording
- Post-investment monitoring and review

Include specific valuation models, analysis templates, and investment tools. Provide DCF models, comparable analysis frameworks, and investment evaluation methodologies that can be applied across different investment situations and asset classes.