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In this course, the author will show how to perform a wide range of financial calculations quickly and easily using the many financial functions found in Excel 2010. The course details dozens of functions for evaluating cash flows; calculating depreciation; determining rates of return, bond coupon dates, and security durations; and more.

Topics include:
• Analysing loans, payments, and interest
• Discovering the interest rate of an annuity
• Determining depreciation using the straight line, declining balance, double-declining balance, and other methods
• Calculating the future value of an investment with variable returns
• Finding the discount rate of a security
• Converting between fractional prices and decimal prices
• Determining the yield of securities that pay interest periodically


The skills acquired from this version are mostly applicable to newer versions of Excel.

In this course, we will show you how to use all the financial functions in Excel 2010 to analyse your data. To start, I will show you how to calculate a loan payment, calculate interest paid during a specific period, and calculate the number of periods in an investment. Next, we will tackle depreciation, showing you how to calculate it using the straight line and the declining balance methods plus many more. We will then move onto analysing cash flows by calculating the future value, net present value, and internal rate of return of your investments.