How to Use the CFA Program Curriculum
Curriculum Development Process Organization of the Curriculum Features of the Curriculum Designing Your Personal Study Program Feedback
Corporate Finance
Study Session 11 Corporate Finance
Reading 35 Capital Budgeting
Introduction
The Capital Budgeting Process Basic Principles of Capital Budgeting Investment Decision Criteria Net Present Value internal Rate of Return Payback Period Discounted Payback Period Average Accounting Rate of Return Profitability Index NPV Profile
Ranking Conflicts between NPV and (RR The Multiple IRR Problem and the No IRR Problem Popularity and Usage of the Capital Budgeting Methods Summary Practice Problems Solutions
Reading 36 Cost of Capital
Introduction Cost of Capital
Taxes and the Cost of Capital Weights of the Weighted Average
Applying the Cost of Capital to Capita! Budgeting and Security Valuation
Costs of the Different Sources of Capital Cost of Debt Cost of Preferred Stock Cost of Common Equity Topics in Cost of Capital Estimation
Estimating Beta and Determining a Project Beta Country Risk
Marginal Cost of Capital Schedule
Flotation Costs What Do CFOs Do?
Summary Practice Problems Solutions
Measures of Leverage
Introduction
Leverage
Business Risk and Financial Risk
Business Risk and Its Components
Sales Risk Operating Risk Financial Risk
Total Leverage
Breakeven Points and Operating Breakeven Points The Risks of Creditors and Owners Summary
Practice Problems Solutions
Dividends and Share Repurchases: Basks
Introduction
Dividends:. Forms
Regular Cash Dividends
Extra or Special (Irregular) Dividends
Liquidating Dividends
Stock Dividends
Stock Splits
Dividends: Payment Chronology Declaration Date Ex-Dividend Date Holder-of-Record Date Payment Date
Interval between Key Dates in the Dividend Payment Chronology Share Repurchases
Share Repurchase Methods Financial Statement Effects of Repurchases Valuation Equivalence of Cash Dividends and Share Repurchases: The Baseline Concluding Remarks Summary Practice Problems Solutions