Mastery in investment appraisal techniques

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

Created by: Selvaratnam Ajendra
Senior Lecturer

What Will I Learn?

• Students will learn widely used and accepted investment appraisal techniques and how and when to use them.
• Students will learn to apply payback period, ARR, NPV, IRR and discounted payback methods and the strengths and weaknesses of those methods.
• Students will learn annuity and perpetuity techniques, non-annual cashflow adjustments, capital rationing and profitability index (PI) and importance of non-financial factors in investment appraisals.
• Students will learn how to do investment appraisal using excel formula.

Requirements

• No prior knowledge required. All the concepts will be explained from the elementary level.

Target audience

• Students who follow professional courses such as CIMA, ACCA or AAT.
• Undergraduates or postgraduates who need to learn investment appraisal techniques.
• Professionals from non-financial backgrounds
• Novice investors