The Investment Analysis System is an interactive environment for analyzing the time-value of money for a variety of investments:
loans
savings
depreciations
bonds
generic cash flows
Various tools are provided to help analyze the value of investment alternatives: time value, periodic equivalent, internal rate of return, benefit-cost ratio, and breakeven analysis.
These analyses can help answer a number of questions you might have about your investments:
Which option is more profitable or less costly?
Is it better to buy or rent?
Are the extra fees for refinancing at a lower interest rate justified?
What is the balance of this account after saving this amount periodically for so many years?
How much is legally tax-deductible?
Is this a reasonable price?
Investment Analysis can be beneficial to users in many industries for a variety of decisions:
manufacturing: cost justification of automation or any capital investment, replacement analysis of major equipment, or economic comparison of alternative designs
government: setting funds for services
finance: investment analysis and portfolio management for fixed-income securities