Optimizing investment to maximise your return

Course details

This course walks you through the techniques that Finance professionals use to value investments for things like new products, R&D etc...  This helps you to make big decisions based on a solid ground.

Acquire the Skills that are normally reserved for expensive consultants

Learn how to:

Create Excel based models to assess projects using measures such as:

NPV

Payback

Discounted Payback

Discounted Payback Index

Internal Rate of Return

Modified Internal Rate of Return

The course is structured around practical application of the techniques. You can down the Excel file containing the models referred to in the course.

The course uses some mathematical techniques but you don't need to be a Mathematical wizard to complete the course.  We raise numbers to powers for calculating figures but this is as complex as it gets.  All the other mathematics is basic + - / *.

The only prerequisite I have is that students need to know how to use Excel to the level where they can write formulae (note:Formula content is provided). 

The type of terminology used on this course includes: Discount Rate, Cost of Capital, Discount Index, Interpolation.

The course is taught using screencasts & slides.  It shouldn't take you longer than 30-40 minutes to complete this course. There are over 30 minutes screencasts.

The skills you'll gain on this course will help you  make more effective decisions.  If you don't yet make the big decisions this will give you the skills to help advise those that do.  Boost your career or boost your financial return.