About Investment Analysis
The Investment Analysis system is an interactive environment for the
time-value of money of a variety of investments:
- Loans
- Savings
- Depreciations
- Bonds
- Generic cashflows
Various analyses 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 may
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
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