Capital Budgeting

Make smarter investment decisions by mastering the capital budgeting process. This course walks you through the flow of capital requests and explains how to evaluate proposals using primary financial metrics and risk-based considerations. Learn to incorporate strategic direction, cash flow analysis, bottlenecks, and lease-versus-buy decisions into your assessments. Implement effective capital budgeting controls and build a structured system that supports disciplined, value-driven investment choices.
Format

PDF Course

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Duration

5 Hours

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Course Information

Author: Steven Bragg
Course Number: FN1019

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Overview of Capital Budgeting
Chapter 2. Capital Budgeting Strategy
Chapter 3. Discounted Cash Flow Analysis
Chapter 4. The Cost of Capital
Chapter 5. Constraint Analysis
Chapter 6. Other Capital Budgeting Analyses
Chapter 7. The Lease or Buy Decision
Chapter 8. Capital Budgeting Controls

Learning Objectives
  • Recognize the alterations available for improving an investment proposal, why sunk costs are excluded from proposals, and the alternatives for capital rationing.
  • Identify the market conditions in which different types of investments and investment decisions will be made.
  • Identify the basis for discounted cash flow analysis, and how net present value can be used.
  • Identify the elements of the cost of capital, and note how the cost of capital is calculated.
  • Recognize the derivation of throughput, the best ways to improve financial results, and situations in which local optimization is occurring.
  • Recognize the uses to which payback, real option, and complex environment analysis can be used to review investment proposals.
  • Specify the concepts involved in the lease or buy decision process, and the information to include in or exclude from the decision.
  • Identify the issues to be verified as part of the analysis of a capital budgeting request form.

Level: Overview
Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study
NASBA Category: Finance
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Latest Review Date: April 2024
Program Registration Requirements: Click on the Enroll button to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.
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