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Financial Excel
MS Access 2007-
2010

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This one-day course shows students how Excel’s™ advanced capabilities are used by financial institutions to solve a wide variety of problems. Students learn how Excel's™ powerful features - including goal seek, solver, specialized financial functions and statistical functions, charts, macros, scenario manager, data tables and pivot tables – greatly facilitate the solution of many financial problems, such as discounted cash flow (DCF) evaluation, portfolio optimization, pro-forma projections, stock screening, regression hedging, sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis and simulation-based forecasting. Students learn by building spreadsheets that use Excel’s™ advanced features to solve real-world financial problems. Students are also introduced to third-party add-ins, such as TreePlan and Crystal Ball, which further enhance Excel’s™ problem-solving abilities.
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Financial Excel
MS Access 2007-
2010

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| Audience: |
| Investment bankers, mergers & acquisitions, leveraged finance and credit professionals. Private equity, buyout and venture capital professionals. Internal M&A and business development. CFO, VP Finance, Financial Analysts & related functions. New hires and those being groomed for management. |
| Prerequestes: |
| Attendees must have working knowledge of Excel™, and an elementary understanding of statistics, accounting and finance. |
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Students will be able to:
- Apply various Excel™ tools, including: goal seek, solver, specialized financial and statistical functions, charts, macros, scenario manager, data tables, and pivot tables
- Create spreadsheets that solve these financial problems: discounted cash flow (DCF) evaluation of bonds’ present value and yield, portfolio optimization, pro-forma projections, stock screening, regression hedging, sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis, and simulation-based forecasting
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Financial Excel
MS Access 2007-
2010
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Introduction to Excel Functions, Add-ins and Macros
- Distinctions between functions, add-ins and macros
- When to use each feature
- Best practices for creating financial models with Excel
Model I: Evaluating Individual Bonds and Stocks
- Using IRR, NPV, and Yield to evaluate bonds and corporate projects
- Using Excel’s statistical functions to compute stock returns, correlations, and betas
- Creating regression hedges with Excel’s multiple regression add-in
Model II: Portfolio Optimization
- Using Goal Seek and Solver to build optimal portfolios for known risk tolerances
- Creating an efficient frontier array and chart with Excel’s data tables
Model III: Stock Screening
- Analyzing relationships among historical stock prices, earnings and growth rates
- Using pivot tables to indentify undervalued stocks, as measured by PE and PEG ratios
Model IV: Pro-Forma Projections
- Creating pro-forma projections of balance sheets and income statements
- Using Excel’s Match function and Solver add-in to build accurate projections
Model V: Pro-Forma Projection Analysis
- Using Scenario Manager to perform sensitivity analysis, create Tornado charts and perform scenario analysis
- Create simulation-based projections with Excel’s probability functions and macros
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