YAN UV0072 Version 2.2 THE INVESTMENT DETECTIVE The essence of capital budgeting and resource allocation is a search for good investments in which to place the firm’s capital. The process can be simple when viewed in purely mechanical terms‚ but a number of subtle issues can obscure the best investment choices. The capital-budgeting analyst‚ therefore‚ is necessarily a detective who must winnow bad evidence from good. Much of the challenge is in knowing what quantitative analysis to generate
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Statement of Cash Flows What is the purpose of the statement of cash flows? What information does it provide? Explain why statements of cash flows are important when assessing the financial strength of an organization. The following paper will discuss the purpose of the statements of cash flows and will analyze the importance of the information when assessing an organization’s financial strength. An organization needs to rely in different approaches to analyze performance and data to manage the
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iExaminers’ commentaries 2011 Examiners’ commentaries 2011 23 Investment management Important note This commentary reflects the examination and assessment arrangements for this course in the academic year 2010–11. The format and structure of the examination may change in future years‚ and any such changes will be publicised on the virtual learning environment (VLE). Specific comments on questions – Zone A Candidates should answer FOUR of the following EIGHT questions. All questions carry equal
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Interco’s valuation as a whole. 2) As stated by the equity analysts‚ Interco is an over capitalized company with potential to grow‚ which makes an acquisition easy to finance. 3) Interco is also a cash generative target for a potential acquirer as it generates approximately $0.10 of operating cash flow for every dollar of sales. 4) The company is also structured in a way that it could be broken up and sold into its constituent parts‚ which could prove to be worth more than the whole. 2. As a member
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Investment Appraisal Investment: Spending money into something with an expectation of making profit/ increasing wealth in the future Investment Appraisal: Is a process of evaluating the attractiveness of an investment proposal using various techniques/methods‚ Methods Payback period Accounting rate of return (ARR – ROCE) Investment appraisal Internal rate of return (IRR) Pay Back Period (PBP) The Payback Period (PBP) - The time taken
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Case study: Investment Analysis and Lockheed Tri Star MGMTS-2700 Professor Hamza Abdurezak Harvard University Yang Zhong 1> A. Payback‚ NPV‚ IRR‚ Should purchase or not? Payback: $35‚000/5000=7 year NPV: =Co+ C1…..n/(1+i)^1….n Co=-3‚5000 CF1-CF15= 5‚000; I= 12 Computing result is $-945.67 IRR: 11.49% NPV is negative and IRR is lower 12% so reject the proposal. B. NPV: =Co+ C1…..n/(1+i)^1…
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QUALIFICATION PAPER F9 Studying Paper F9? Performance objectives 15 and 16 are relevant to this exam ADVANCED INVESTMENT APPRAISAL Investment appraisal is one of the eight core topics within Paper F9‚ Financial Management and it is a topic which has been well represented in the F9 exam. The methods of investment appraisal are payback‚ accounting rate of return and the discounted cash flow methods of net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). For each of these methods students must
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Case 08-1 Go With the Flow‚ Inc. Go With the Flow‚ Incorporated (“Company”) designs‚ manufactures‚ and sells a broad range of mobile network products and systems and communication devices‚ including mobile‚ cordless and corded telephones. The Company’s primary sources of liquidity are internally generated cash flows‚ the Company’s debt and revolving credit facilities‚ and the sale of trade accounts receivables. The Company’s liquidity and capital requirements are primarily a function
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Initial investment An initial investment is the money a business owner needs to start up a firm. It might include the business owner’s own money‚ money borrowed from an array of sources including family and friends or banks‚ or capital raised from investors. The term initial investment is also used as the money a business owner uses to invest in a capital investment venture such as a piece of equipment or a building. IRR The higher a projects internal rate of return‚ the
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