A Newbie Guide to Investing

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I've tried looking at Investopedia to get an idea of how to determine intrinsic value. There's the Discounted Dividend Model, DCF, etc...

In all of these, I still find it quite vague, like when they mentioned period n, does it refer to future or past? If it's the future, how do you determine the value?

Is there a good place/book to read up more on determining intrinsic value? Appreciate getting any recommendations to facilitate my learning.

Thanks!