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SMF2296

Investment and Financial Analysis

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Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

  • Budgeting of cash flows
  • Interest
  • Expense
  • Calculation of present values and annuities
  • Internal rate of Return
  • Loan Tax and investment
  • Inflation
  • Capital Market Theory
  • Required return
  • Portfolio Theory
  • Liquidity management
  • Working capital
  • Excel

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • The student will have knowledge about the importance of cash flows in investment decisions.
  • The student will have knowledge about the time value of money and how it affects the profitability of investments.
  • The students will have knowledge of properties that affect the return requirement for an investment.

Skills:

  • The student should be able to interpret and make decisions based on different investment calculations.
  • The student will know which variables that are important to decision-making.
  • The student should be able to carry out a quantitative analysis to rank different investment and financing options.
  • The student should be able to calculate the relevant capital cost.

General competence:

  • The student will understand how central investment analysis is for the entire enterprise.
  • The student should be able to make use of investment analysis in practical situations.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures. Students should work on assignments to learn the course material. Students are encouraged to work in groups.

Compulsory assignments

  • Assignment

Further on evaluation

Compulsory submission: 2 of 3 submissions must be passed in order to sit for the exam. The submissions are individual.

Permitted aids for the exam: Interest rate table and approved calculator regarding NTNUs support material code B-D "specific basic calculator". Other calculators that are allowed in the course are: Casio FC-100V, Casio FC-100V-2 and Texas Instruments - BAII Plus.

Approved assignments from earlier years are valid until substantial changes are done with respect to course content.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Business Administration (BØA)
Business Management (BØKLEDC)
Logistics Management (BLOG)

Course materials

The literature will be announced at the beginning of the semestre.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SMF2296F 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Economics and Administration

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management