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Finance is the study of financial decision making. Companies and individual make financial decision every day. Financial Modelling allows to achieve this.. Using Excel to do finance and you'll have a double advantage: Both in finance and in Excel Excel 2003, 2007, and 2010 All versions are basically the same Differ in minor stuff (graphics, toolbars)
Finance is the study of financial decision making. Companies and individual make financial decision every day. Financial Modelling allows to achieve this.. Using Excel to do finance and you'll have a double advantage: Both in finance and in Excel Excel 2003, 2007, and 2010 All versions are basically the same Differ in minor stuff (graphics, toolbars)
Finance is the study of financial decision making. Companies and individual make financial decision every day. Financial Modelling allows to achieve this.. Using Excel to do finance and you'll have a double advantage: Both in finance and in Excel Excel 2003, 2007, and 2010 All versions are basically the same Differ in minor stuff (graphics, toolbars)
The study of this chapter should enable you to: explain what is finance relate financing decision to individual and business discuss the principles of finance create a financial model Why study Finance? Finance is the study of financial decision making. Companies and individual make financial decision every day. It is important to make a sound financial decision. Financial modelling allows to achieve this. Financial Decision Making You need RM1,000 in two years. Your bank pays 10% interest. How much do you need to save each year? You want to buy a house to rent it out. How should you evaluate this decision? How do you measure financial risk? Financial Decision Making A company is considering replacing an existing machine with a newer, faster, and more expensive machine. How do we make this decision? A division of your company wants to develop a new product. How should the company decide whether this is worthwhile? Financial Decision Making How do we make a financial planning model for a company? How do we use this model to value a company? Should my company finance itself with only equity? or a mixture of debt and equity? Wealth Maximization and Risk Making optimal financial decisions is about wealth maximization Wealth-maximizing financial decisions involve two elements: Defining the parameters of the decision Recognizing the risks of financial decisions Eight Principles of Finance 1. Buy assets that add value; avoid buying assets that dont add value 2. Cash is king 3. The time dimension of financial decisions is important 4. Know how to compute the cost of financial alternatives 5. Minimize the cost of financing Eight Principles of Finance (cont.) 6. Take risk into account 7. Markets are efficient and deal well with information 8. Diversification is important Why Excel It allows you to get answers to practical problems, which in turns, deepens your understanding of the concepts involved. It allows us to discuss many more real-life examples dynamically. Use Excel to do finance and youll have a double advantage: Both in Finance and in Excel Excel 2003, Excel 2007, and Excel 2010 All versions are basically the same Differ in minor stuff (graphics, toolbars) All spreadsheets for Fundamentals of Finance with Excel work in all versions of Excel (though see next slide) Note: The Small Print FFE files are saved in the Excel 2007/2010 format To open in Excel 2003, download the compatibility pack from Microsoft: 5 Rules for Financial Modelling These rules will help you build better spreadsheets
A good model: Readability Logic Simplicity Modelling Rule 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D E F G H I Interest rate 8% Annual deposit 12,000.00 Annual cost of college 35,000 Birthday In bank on birthday, before deposit/withdrawal Deposit or withdrawal at beginning of year End of year before interest End of year with interest 10 0.00 12,000.00 12,000.00 12,960.00 11 12,960.00 12,000.00 24,960.00 26,956.80 12 26,956.80 12,000.00 38,956.80 42,073.34 13 42,073.34 12,000.00 54,073.34 58,399.21 14 58,399.21 12,000.00 70,399.21 76,031.15 15 76,031.15 12,000.00 88,031.15 95,073.64 16 95,073.64 12,000.00 107,073.64 115,639.53 17 115,639.53 12,000.00 127,639.53 137,850.69 18 137,850.69 -35,000.00 102,850.69 111,078.75 19 111,078.75 -35,000.00 76,078.75 82,165.05 20 82,165.05 -35,000.00 47,165.05 50,938.25 21 50,938.25 -35,000.00 15,938.25 NPV of all payments 6,835.64 <-- =C7+NPV(B2,C8:C18) SAVING FOR COLLEGE Critical parameters (sometimes called "value drivers") are in the upper left-hand corner. The actual of saving for a college education is discussed in Chapter 2. Try to put important variables in one place
Critical parameters (some times called value drivers) are in the upper left corner.
Modelling Rule 2
Never use a number where a formula will also work Use formulas instead of hard-wiring numbers Avoid using blank columns to accommodate cell spillovers Modelling Rule 3 Modelling Rule 4 Office Button Excel Options Make your Excel default one sheet Modelling Rule 5 Turn off the auto jump-down feature Excel default: When you hit Enter, the cursor jumps down one cell In finance, we need to carefully look at what weve entered into the cell So turn this off, go to Office Button Excel Options Advanced. Modelling Rule 5 (cont.)