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Excel 2016: Financial Functions in Depth

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Overview

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Learn to use Excel functions for financial analysis. Find out how to calculate loan payments, depreciation, rate of return, and more, in Microsoft Excel.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Perform financial analysis in Excel
  • What you should know
  • Disclaimer
1. Analyzing Loans, Payments, and Interest
  • PMT: Calculate a loan payment
  • PPMT and IPMT: Calculate the principal and interest payments
  • Splitting interest and principal payments
  • CUMPRINC and CUMIPMT: Cumulative principal and interest
  • EFFECT and NOMINAL: Nominal and effective interest rates
  • ACCRINT and ACCRINTM: Calculate accrued investments interest
  • RATE: Discover the interest rate of an annuity
  • PDURATION: Calculate the periods to reach a goal
  • NPER: Calculate the number of periods in an investment
2. Calculate Depreciation
  • SLN: Depreciation using the straight line method
  • DB: Depreciation using the declining balance method
  • DDB: Depreciation using the double-declining balance method
  • SYD: Calculate depreciation for a specified period
  • VDB: Declining balance depreciation for a partial period
  • Comparing depreciation functions
3. Determining Values and Rates of Return
  • FV: Future value of an investment
  • FVSCHEDULE: Future value with variable returns
  • Escalating with compounding interest or growth rates
  • PV: Present value of an investment
  • NPV: Net present value of an investment
  • XNPV: Net present value given irregular inputs
  • IRR: Internal rate of return
  • XIRR: Internal rate of return for irregular cash flows
  • MIRR: Internal rate of return for mixed cash flows
  • RRI: The interest rate for the growth of an investment
4. Functions and Data Types in Excel for Microsoft 365
  • STOCKHISTORY: Get historical stock prices
  • Live stock prices with Stocks data types
  • Calculate exchange rates with Currencies data types
  • FIELDVALUE: Get field data
  • STOCKHISTORY with data types
  • Charting STOCKHISTORY with data types
5. Combining Functions Perform Financial Analysis
  • EOMONTH, EDATE, and timing flags
  • Calculate pro data rental costs with date functions
  • IF: Building logical comparisons
  • Calculating the payback period
  • Using RATE or RRI for compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
  • Creating a debt schedule
  • Using SLN and IF to calculate depreciation
  • Creating a depreciation schedule
  • Using dynamic arrays to create a depreciation waterfall
  • Calculating weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
  • Using NPV to calculate a discounted cash flow (DCF)
Conclusion
  • Where to learn more about Excel

Taught by

Curt Frye

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