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PB period, ARR, NPV, IRR, annuity & perpetuity, non-annual receipts, PI & non-financial factors in capital budgeting

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Mastery in investment appraisal techniques

You will learn everything you need to know in investment appraisal fundamentals. As an investor, your perspectives on investment alternatives will radically change after completing this course. You will be able to choose the best projects for your precious funds. As a student, you will get to know all the basic investment appraisal techniques which could appear in your exams. I can assure you that this course will give you the maximum return for your investment on this programme by making you the master in investment appraisal techniques. At the completion of this course, you will be a master in following investment appraisal techniques. Traditional Payback PeriodAccounting Rate of Return / Average Rate of Return (ARR)Net Present Value (NPV)Internal Rate of Return (IRR)Discounted Payback PeriodIn addition to these techniques, you will learn how to incorporate the following aspects in investment appraisals. Annuity and PerpetuityNon-annual cashflowsCapital rationing and Profitability Index (PI)Non-financial factorsDesigned to make you an expertYou will get concept explanation animation videos, theory explanation handouts, question sets, answer keys and answer explanation videos for each topic. There are more than 70 practice questions with answer explanation. All the theory explanation handouts, question sets and answer keys have been given in a downloadable format to make sure you get maximum out of it. If you want to be a master in investment appraisal techniques, you should follow the following steps. Step 01: Watch the concept explanation videoStep 02: Read the theory explanation handoutStep 03: Try the relevant question setStep 04: If you feel comfortable with the questions, check your answers with the recommended answers. If not, go back and watch the video again. Step 05: Watch the answer explanation video to consolidate your knowledge (answer explanation videos have been given for the selected challenging questions only)Bonus step: Watch the videos explaining the application of Excel formulae to calculate NPV and IRR. What you will get in each sectionSection 01: Introduction to the courseThe structure of the course is explained with few ground rules to follow. Section 02: Introduction to investment appraisalImportance of investment appraisalClassification of investment appraisal techniquesSection 03: Payback periodImportance of the traditional payback periodHow to calculate the payback periodHow to calculate the payback period when you have many investments in different yearsPros and cons of payback period methodSection 04: Average Rate of Return / Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)Key equations to calculate the ARRHow to calculate ARRPros and cons of the ARR techniqueSection 05: Time value of moneyWhy money has a time valueThe logic behind calculating the present value from the future valueThe meaning of cost of capital / discount rateHow to tackle the deferred and advanced cashflowsSection 06: Net Present Value (NPV)How to calculate NPV using the formulaHow to calculate NPV using the present value tablePros and cons of NPV methodSection 07: Annuity and PerpetuityThe concept of annuityHow to use annuity techniques in NPV calculationAnnuity techniques for the advanced and deferred cashflowsAnnuity techniques for the constant cashflows in the middle of a projectHow to use perpetuity in NPV calculationPerpetuity techniques for advanced and deferred cashflowsSection 08: NPV with non-annual cashflowsHow to convert the annual cost of capital to a non-annual periodHow to incorporate monthly, quarterly and bi-annum cashflows in NPV calculationsHow to apply annuity techniques for non-annual cashflowsSection 09: A comprehensive NPV calculationAn NPV calculation with non-annual cashflows, annuity techniques and irrelevant costSection 10: Internal Rate of Return (IRR)Simplified explanation on the concept of IRRHow to calculate IRRPros and cons of the IRR techniqueSection 11: Discounted Payback PeriodHow to calculate discounted payback periodSection 12: Capital Rationing and Profitability Index (PI)The concept of capital rationing and the underlying assumptionsCalculating the PI and ranking the projects according to the PIHow to allocated the limited funds among different projectsSection 13: Calculating NPV and IRR using the Excel formulaeHow to calculate NPV using the inbuilt Excel formulaHow to calculate IRR using the inbuilt Excel formulaSection 14: Non-financial factors in investment appraisalThe non-financial factors which could affect our investment decisionsThe importance of considering the non-financial factors when making investment decisions

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