Capital Budgeting: the process of planning for purchases of long-term assets. example Our firm must decide whether to purchase a new plastic molding machine for $127,000 How do we decide? Will the machine be profitable? Will our firm earn a high rate of return on the investment?
❖ Compounding ❖ Frequency of Compounding ❖ Present Value and Discounting ❖ Alternative Discounted Cash Flow Decision Rules ❖ Multiple Cash Flows ❖ Annuities ❖ Perpetual Annuities ❖ Loan Amortization ❖ Exchange Rates and Time Value of Money ❖ Inflation and Discounted Cash Flow Analysis ❖ Taxes and Investment Decisions
❖ Review of Financial Statements ❖ Market Values v. Book Values ❖ Accounting v. Economic Measures of Income ❖ Return on Shareholders v. Return on Equity ❖ Analysis Using Financial Ratios ❖ The Relation Among ❖ Limitations of Ratio Analysis ❖ Purpose and Process of Financial Planning ❖ Managing Working Capital