Introduction |
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PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH FINANCIAL MODELING |
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Chapter 1 Introducing Financial Modeling |
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Defining Financial Modeling |
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Looking at Examples of Financial Models |
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Integrated financial statement models |
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Chapter 2 Getting Acquainted with Excel |
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Making Sense of the Different Versions of Excel |
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A rundown of recent Excel versions |
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Recognizing the Dangers of Using Excel |
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Looking at Alternatives and Supplements to Excel |
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Chapter 3 Planning and Designing Your Financial Model |
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Identifying the Problem That Your Financial Model Needs to Solve |
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Designing How the Problem's Answer Will Look |
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Gathering Data to Put in Your Model |
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Documenting the Limitations of Your Model |
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Considering the Layout and Design of Your Model |
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Structuring your model: What goes where |
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Defining inputs, calculations, and output blocks |
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Determining your audience |
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Chapter 4 Building a Financial Model by the Rulebook |
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Document Your Assumptions |
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Create Dynamic Formulas Using Links |
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Model with Consistent Formulas |
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Allowing tolerance for error |
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Applying conditional formatting to an error check |
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Format and Label for Clarity |
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Chapter 5 Using Someone Else's Financial Model |
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Considering Templates for Building a Financial Model |
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Why templates can be appealing |
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What's wrong with using templates |
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Why you should build your own model |
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Inheriting a File: What to Check For |
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Meeting a model for the first time |
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Using Audit Tools to Find and Correct Errors |
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Checking a model for accuracy |
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Making sense of the formulas |
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Sharing and Version Control |
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PART 2 DIVING DEEP INTO EXCEL |
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Chapter 6 Excel Tools and Techniques for Financial Modeling |
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Relative cell referencing |
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Absolute cell referencing |
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Understanding why you may want to use a named range |
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Finding and using named ranges |
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Editing or deleting a named range |
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Restricting and Validating Data |
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Restricting user data entry |
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Creating drop-down boxes with data validations |
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Protecting and locking cells |
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Limiting project costs with a goal seek |
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Calculating a break-even point with a goal seek |
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Chapter 7 Using Functions in Excel |
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Identifying the Difference between a Formula and a Function |
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Finding the Function You Need |
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Getting Familiar with the Most Important Functions |
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Round, Roundup, and Rounddown |
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Reporting sales with SUMIF |
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Vlookup, Hlookup, and Xlookup |
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Being Aware of Advanced Functions and Functionality |
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Chapter 8 Applying Scenarios to Your Financial Model |
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Identifying the Differences among Types of Analysis |
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Building Drop-Down Scenarios |
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Using data validations to model profitability scenarios |
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Applying formulas to scenarios |
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Applying Sensitivity Analysis with Data Tables |
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Setting up the calculation |
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Building a data table with one input |
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Building a data table with two inputs |
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Applying probability weightings to your data table |
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Using Scenario Manager to Model Loan Calculations |
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Applying Scenario Manager |
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Chapter 9 Charting and Presenting Model Output |
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Deciding Which Data to Display |
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Conveying Your Message by Charting Scenarios |
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Deciding Which Type of Chart to Use |
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Charts in newer versions of Excel |
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Building the chart on formula-driven data |
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Linking the chart titles to formulas |
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PART 3 BUILDING YOUR FINANCIAL MODEL |
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Chapter 10 Building an Integrated Financial Statements Model |
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Getting to Know the Case Study |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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Building the Income Statement |
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Building the Cash Flow Statement |
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Building the Balance Sheet |
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Entering your scenario assumptions |
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Building the scenario functionality |
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Chapter 11 Building a Discounted Cash Flow Valuation |
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Understanding How the Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Works |
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Step 1 Calculating Free Cash Flow to Firm |
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Step 2 Calculating Weighted Average Cost of Capital |
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Step 3 Finding the Terminal Value |
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Discounting Cash Flows and Valuation |
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Chapter 12 Budgeting for Capital Expenditure and Depreciation |
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Making a reusable budget model template |
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Output 1 Calculating Cash Required for Budgeted Asset Purchases |
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Output 2 Calculating Budgeted Depreciation |
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The depreciation schedule for the current year |
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Depreciation in prior periods |
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Output 3 Calculating the Written-Down Value of Assets for the Balance Sheet |
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Chapter 13 Ten Strategies for Reducing Error |
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Getting Someone Else to Check Your Work |
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Documenting Methodology with a Flowchart |
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Stress-Testing with Sensitivity Analysis |
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Conducting a Scenario Analysis |
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Taking Note of Excel Error Values |
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Chapter 14 Ten Common Pitfalls to Avoid |
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You're Getting #REF! Errors |
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You Have Circular References |
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The Model Has Too Much Detail |
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The File Size Is Out of Control |
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Your Model Is Full of "Spaghetti" Links |
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The Formulas Are Unnecessarily Long and Complicated |
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No One Is Paying Attention to the Model |
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Someone Messes Up Your Model |
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Index |
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