Capital Budgeting

Accountant’s Guide to Capital Budgeting v3.1

This course is designed for accountants who must have financial knowledge but has not had formal training in finance. Topics include: valuation of stocks and bonds, time value of money, measurement of risks and rates of return, the cost of capital and capital budgeting techniques. The course concentrates on providing a working vocabulary for communicating on the above topics. The course uses examples and illustrations, with an emphasis on the practical application of financial concepts, tools, and methodology.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the concept and use of the time value of money.
  • Calculate the present value of a future payment.
  • Recognize the components required to compute the return of an investment.
  • Identify the risk-return trade-off used in understanding diversification.
  • Identify the types of risks reported by beta in its use in designing a portfolio.
  • Recognize the various methods of common stock valuation.
  • Recognize factors used in computing the overall cost of capital.
  • Define the capital budget.
  • Recognize the types of depreciation methods.
  • Identify how operating leverage affects a firm and compute total leverage.


Prerequisites/Advanced Preparation:

None


Speaker / Author:

Steve Spafford, MBA, CPA, has over 20 years' experience as a CPA working with large public accounting firms, and in numerous executive roles at multinational public corporations. He is a member of DeltaCPE LLC, a leading publisher of continuing professional education courses for CPAs, and has edited CPA ethics courses provided to over 35 states.

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Standard: $74.85

Details

Course Code : 99DEL20-v2A

Release Date : 11/03/2023
Expire Date : 09/30/2025
Credits :
CPE 3.00
QAS 3.00
Length : 2hr 30min
Course Level : Intermediate
Course Type : QAS Self-Study
Passing Grade : 70%
Format Type : eLearning
Mobile Compatible
Field Of Study : Finance

Theme : Capital Budgeting

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