Investment Evaluation

The course aims to make students be able: • To conseptualize the basic concepts that related with the time value of money. • To distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of investments evaluation methods. • To apply different evaluation methods and to be able to compare the results. • To choose between alternative investments.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should: 1. Understand the temporal change in the value of money and the concept of investment. 2. To understand compound interest, discounting and Radha. 3. Understand the differences between the concepts of revenues, receipts, expenses, payments and profits. 4. Understand the concept of depreciation and amortization to know methods. 5. interconnects concepts and sizes in the process of accounting basis. 6. Understand the information you can gain from each evaluation method, the advantages and disadvantages of each method and the effect of the time change in the value of money in complex evaluation methods, 7. Be able to mix with the concepts and methods through a series of progressive development exercises and criticism. 8. Making finally able to compare investments and to choose between them.

Prerequisites

There are no requirements.

Syllabus

• The concepts of temporal change in the value of money, investment, simple and compound interest, compound interest, discounting of lixiprothessmis and discount annuity present and future value. • The division of revenue concepts, expenses, income, payment, profits and depreciation. The basis of accounting process and the depreciation methods. • Simple and complex methods of investment assessment. The advantages and disadvantages of each method. • The way to choose between alternative investments.