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  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Financial Modeling and Valuation Nightmares: Problems That Financial Models Cannot Solve
  • ch. 2 Becoming a Black Belt Modeler
  • ch. 3 General Model Objectives of Structuring Transactions, Risk Analysis, and Valuation
  • ch. 4 The Structure of Alternative Financial Models
  • Structure of a Corporate Model: Incorporating History and Deriving Forecasts from Historical Analysis
  • Use of the INDEX Function in Corporate Models
  • Easing the Pain of Acquiring PDF Data
  • Structure of a Project Finance Model That Accounts for Different Risks in Different Phases over the Life of a Project
  • Reconciliation of Internal Rate of Return in Project Finance with Return on Investment in Corporate Finance
  • Structure of an Acquisition Model: Alternative Transaction Prices and Financing Terms
  • Structure of an Integrated Merger Model: Forecasting Earnings per Share
  • ch. 5 Avoiding Bad Programming Practices and Creating Effective Auditing Processes
  • How to Make Financial Models More Efficient and Accurate
  • ch. 6 Developing and Efficiently Organizing Assumptions
  • Assumptions in Demand-Driven Models versus Supply-Driven Models: The Danger of Overcapacity in an Industry
  • Creating a Flexible Input Structure for Model Assumptions
  • Alternative Input Structures for Project Finance and Corporate Finance Models
  • Setting Up Inputs with Code Numbers and the INDEX Function
  • ch. 7 Structuring Time Lines
  • Timing in Corporate Finance Models: Distinguishing the Historical Period, Explicit Period, and Terminal Period
  • Development to Decommissioning: Phases in the Life of a Project Finance Model
  • Timing in Acquisition Models: Separating the Transaction Period, the Holding Period, and the Exit Period
  • Structuring a Time Line to Measure History, Explicit Periods, and Terminal Periods in Corporate Models and Risk Phases in Project Finance Models
  • Computing Start of Period and End of Period Dates
  • TRUE and FALSE Switches in Modeling Time Periods
  • Computing the Age of a Project in Years on a Monthly, Quarterly, or Semiannual Basis
  • The Magic of a HISTORIC Switch in a Corporate Model
  • Transferring Data from a Corporate Model to an Acquisition Model Using MATCH and INDEX Functions
  • ch. 8 Projecting Revenues, Expenses, and Capital Expenditures to Derive Pretax Cash Flow
  • Transparent Calculations of Pretax Cash Flow
  • Inflation and Growth Rates in Calculations of Pretax Cash Flow
  • Valuation Analysis from Prefinancing, Pretax Cash Flow
  • ch. 9 Moving from Pretax Cash Flow to After-Tax Free Cash Flow
  • Working Capital Analysis
  • Problems in Computing Depreciation Expense in Corporate Models Involving Asset Retirements
  • Portfolios of Assets with a Vintage Process
  • Accounting for Asset Retirements in Corporate Models
  • Alternative Methods for Deriving Retirements Associated with Existing Assets in Corporate Models
  • Depreciation Issues in Project Finance Models
  • Modeling the Change in Deferred Taxes in Corporate Models
  • Adjusting the Tax Basis in an Acquisition
  • ch. 10 Adding Debt to a Corporate or Project Finance Model by Programming Cash Flow Waterfalls
  • Adding the Debt Schedule to a Financial Model
  • Modeling Scheduled Debt Repayments
  • Connecting Debt to Cash Flow in Corporate Models
  • With a Structured Process, You Can Model Any Cash Flow Waterfall
  • Defaults on Debt and Measuring the Debt Internal Rate of Return
  • Assessing Risk and Return Characteristics of Subordinated Debt
  • ch. 11 Alternative Calculations of Equity Distributions
  • Modeling Dividend Distributions
  • Computing a Target Capital Structure through Simulating New Equity Issues and Buybacks
  • ch. 12 Putting Together Financial Statements and Calculating Income Taxes
  • Computation of Taxes Paid and Taxes Deferred
  • Cash Flow Statement and Balance Sheet
  • ch. 13 Risk Assessment: The Centerpiece of All Valuation, Contracting, and Credit Issues in Finance
  • Six Alternative Ways to Assess the Risk of a Company, a Project, or a Contract
  • Using Direct Risk Assessment to Measure Cash Flow and Financial Ratios
  • ch. 14 Defining, Describing, and Assessing Risk in a Risk Allocation Matrix
  • ch. 15 Presentation of Risk Analysis through Adding Sensitivity Analysis to Financial Models
  • Setting Up Data for Making Graphs by Converting Periodic Data into Annual, Semiannual, or Quarterly Data
  • Using the INDIRECT Function to Automate Conversion to Time Period Data
  • Making Flexible Graphs for Sensitivity Analysis
  • ch. 16 Using Financial Models to Establish Break-Even Points for Key Input Variables with Data Tables
  • Establishing Break-Even Criteria When Analyzing Financial Models
  • Mechanics of Using Data Tables to Compute Break-Even Points Automatically
  • Creating Data Tables Using VBA Instead of the Data Table Tool
  • Summary of Break-Even Analysis
  • ch. 17 Constructing Flexible Scenario Analysis for Risk Assessment
  • Mechanics of Scenario Analysis
  • Using VBA Code to Create a Scenario Analysis
  • Getting the Best of Both Worlds: Creating a Special Custom Scenario That Allows Use of Spinner Buttons and Drop-Down Boxes
  • ch. 18 Generating Tornado Diagrams, Spider Charts, and Waterfall Graphs
  • Tornado Diagrams That Display Which Variables Have the Largest Effect on Value and Which Variables Have the Least Effect on an Output Variable
  • Creating a Tornado Diagram by Extending Scenario Analysis
  • Creating a Tornado Diagram Using a Two-Way Data Table
  • Spider Diagrams That Illustrate How Each Range in Input Variables Affects an Output Variable
  • How to Create a Spider Diagram Using a Two-Way Data Table
  • Presenting Sensitivity Analysis with a Waterfall Chart
  • ch. 19 Adding Probabilistic Risk Analysis and Time Series Equations to Financial Models
  • Definition of Some Terms for Adding Stochastic Analysis to Your Financial Models
  • Using Probability Distributions with Spreadsheet Functions Rather Than Equations with Greek Letters
  • ch. 20 Taking the Mystery out of Applying Time Series Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation in Financial Models
  • Step-by-Step Procedure to Incorporate a Monte Carlo Simulation into Your Models
  • ch. 21 Constructing Probability Distributions with Trends, Mean Reversion, Price Boundaries, and Correlations among Variables
  • Starting Point for Developing Time Series Equations- Brownian Motion and Normal Distributions
  • Testing the Assumption That Input Variables Are Normally Distributed
  • Price Boundaries and Short-Run Marginal Cost
  • Mean Reversion and Long-Run Equilibrium Analysis
  • Modeling Correlations among Variables in Time Series Equations
  • ch. 22 The Difficult Problem of Estimating Volatility, Mean Reversion, Time Trends, Correlations, and Price Boundaries from Historical Data or Market Data
  • Calculation of Volatility from a Random Walk Process
  • Attempting to Measure the Presence of Mean Reversion in Historical Data
  • Attempting to Measure the Presence of Mean Reversion by Evaluating Changes in Periodic Volatility
  • Risk Analysis Summary
  • ch. 23 Overview of Issues When Computing Normalized Cash Flow and Terminal Value
  • ch. 24 Computing the Return on Invested Capital for Historical and Projected Periods in Corporate Models
  • Working with a Free Cash Flow Perspective, an Equity Cash Flow Perspective, or Both in Computing Financial Ratios
  • Presenting Return on Invested Capital in Financial Models
  • ch. 25 Calculation of Invested Capital
  • Dissecting the Financial Structure of a Corporation to Understand the Bridge from Enterprise Value to Equity Value
  • Drawing an Imaginary Line underneath EBIT to Understand the Financial Structure of a Corporation
  • Constructing a Long-Term Model to Create Proof of Corporate Finance Concepts
  • ch. 26 Complex Items in Balance Sheet Analysis: Deferred Taxes, Operating Cash, and Derivative Assets
  • Treatment of Accumulated Deferred Taxes Arising from Depreciation
  • Classification of Operating Cash That Produces Interest Income below the EBITDA Line
  • Treatment of Derivative Assets and Liabilities Depending on How Derivatives Affect EBITDA
  • ch.
  • 27 Four General Terminal Value Methods
  • Method 1: Stable Growth Using the (1+ g)/(WACC
  • g) Formula
  • Method 2: Value Driver Method-Incorporating the Return Relative to Cost of Capital in Terminal Value
  • Method 3: Use of Multiples from Comparative Analysis
  • Method 4: Derived Multiple Formula
  • ch. 28 Terminal Value and Philosophy: Company Growth Rates and Overall Economic Growth
  • Computing Transition Periods Using Compound Growth Rates and Switch Variables
  • Computing Explicit Period Cash Flow and Terminal Value with Different Starting and Ending Points
  • Computing Value with Changing Weighted Average Cost of Capital and a Midyear Convention
  • ch. 29 Normalizing Terminal Year Cash Flows for Stable Working Capital Investment
  • Effect of Changes in Growth on Working Capital Investment, Capital Expenditures, Depreciation, and Deferred Taxes
  • Developing a Simple Equation for Normalizing Working Capital
  • Incorporating Terminal Period Normalized Cash Flow in a Corporate Model
  • ch. 30 Relationship of Growth, Capital Expenditures, Depreciation, and Return on Investment
  • The Long-Term Stable Ratio of Capital Expenditures to Depreciation and the Ratio of Depreciation Expense to Net Plant
  • Computing the Ratio of Capital Expenditures to Depreciation When Historical Growth Differs from Prospective Growth
  • Computing the Ratio of Capital Expenditures to Depreciation
  • Implementing the Stable Ratio of Capital Expenditures to Depreciation in Valuation Analysis
  • ch. 31 Computing Normalized Deferred Tax Changes.
  • Note continued: Stable Ratio of Deferred Tax to Capital Expenditure without Change in Growth Rate
  • Normalized Deferred Tax with Change in Growth Rate
  • ch. 32 Terminal Value and the Ability of a Company to Earn Returns above the Cost of Capital
  • The Myth of Convergence of Return on Capital to Cost of Capital
  • ch. 33 Errors and Distortions in Applying the Value Driver Formula
  • Deriving the Value Driver Formula for the Price/Earnings Ratio and Equity Value
  • Deriving Implicit Assumptions about the Progression of the Incremental Return on Equity in the Equity-Based Value Driver Formula
  • Deriving the Value Driver Formula Using the Return on Invested Capital and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital
  • Biases in the Value Driver Formula in a Case with Only Working Capital
  • Problems of the Value Driver Formula When Invested Capital Includes Net Plant
  • ch. 34 Computing Implied Price/Earnings Ratios for Use in Terminal Value Calculations
  • Model for Deriving the P/E Ratio from Value Drivers
  • ch. 35 Computing an Implied EV/EBITDA Ratio in Terminal Value Calculations
  • Simulation Model to Derive Implied EV/EBITDA Ratio from Invested Capital with Constant Growth
  • Function to Derive Implied EV/EBITDA Ratio
  • Comprehensive Analysis to Derive Implied EV/EBITDA Ratio with Changing Growth, Deferred Taxes, and Working Capital
  • ch. 36 Developing Value Drivers for P/E and EV/EBITDA Ratios with Benchmarking and Regression
  • Benchmarking Multiples to Derive Cost of Capital
  • Downloading Data for a Sample of Companies from the Internet into a Spreadsheet
  • Running Regression Analysis on Financial Data
  • Advanced Corporate Modeling Summary
  • ch. 37 Resolving Circular References in Acquisition Models: Computing Interest Expense on the Average Balance of Debt
  • Circular References and Use of Opening Balances in Annual Models
  • Alternative Techniques for Solving Circular Reference Logic Problems in Financial Models
  • Resolution of Circular References from a Cash Flow Sweep Using the Iteration Button
  • Solving Circular References from Cash Sweeps with Goal Seek and Solver
  • Solving Basic Circular References from Cash Sweeps with a Horrible Copy and Paste Macro
  • Solving Circular References Related to a Cash Sweep Using Algebra
  • Solving Circular References with Functions That Iterate around Equations That Cause the Problem
  • ch. 38 Creating a Structured Cash Flow Process in a Corporate Model to Resolve Circular References
  • Structuring a Corporate Model with a Cash Flow Waterfall
  • Resolving Circular References in a Corporate Model Using an Iterative User-Defined Function
  • ch. 39 Overview of Complex Project Finance Modeling Structuring Issues
  • Difficult Project Finance Problems: Structuring versus Risk Analysis Elements of a Model
  • Items in Project Finance Models That Cause Circularity
  • ch. 40 Funding Techniques in Project Finance and the Associated Circular Reference Problems
  • Case 1: No Circular Reference-Pro-Rata Funding, Interest Paid during Construction, and Debt Size from Cash Flow
  • Case 2: Circular Reference from Pro-Rata Funding with Capitalized Interest or Debt Ratio Input
  • Case 3: Pro-Rata Funding with Capitalized Fees
  • Case 4: Cascade with Equity Funded before Debt That Can Be Solved with Backward Induction
  • Case 5: Bond Financing in a Single Period
  • ch. 41 Debt Sculpting in a Project Finance Model
  • Sculpting Method 1: Use of Solver
  • Sculpting Method 2: Goal Seek and Algebra
  • Sculpting Method 3: Net Present Value of Target Debt Service
  • Sculpting Method 4: Backward Induction
  • Sculpting Approaches in Complex Cases with Taxes, Debt Service Reserve Accounts, and Interest Income
  • Solving Difficult Sculpting Problems with User-Defined Functions
  • ch. 42 Automating the Goal Seek Process for Annuity and Equal Installment Repayments
  • Debt Sizing with Level Repayments or Annuity Repayments Using a Goal Seek Macro
  • Computing Debt Size for Equal Installment Structuring with a User-Defined Function
  • Computing Debt Size for Annuity Structure with User-Defined Function
  • ch. 43 Modeling Debt Service Reserve Accounts
  • Structuring the Debt Service Reserve Account in a Project Finance Model
  • Avoiding Circular References in Funding Debt Service Reserve Accounts through Separating Construction Debt from Permanent Debt
  • Avoiding Circular References Due to Cash Flow Sweeps and the Debt Service Reserve Account
  • ch. 44 Modeling Maintenance Reserve Accounts
  • MRA Case 1: Constant Maintenance Time Period Increments and Level Expenditures
  • MRA Case 2: Constant Time Period Increments and Changing Expenditures
  • MRA Case 3: Varying Time Period Increments and Changing Expenditures Using the MATCH Function
  • ch. 45 Refinancing and Valuing a Project Given Risk Changes over the Life of a Project
  • Computed Internal Rate of Return with Changes in Discount Rate over Project Life
  • Effects of Refinancing on the Value of a Project
  • Mechanics of Implementing Refinancing into a Project Finance Model
  • ch. 46 Covenants and Cash Flow Sweeps in Project Finance Models
  • Mechanics of Modeling Covenants and Cash Flow Sweeps
  • ch. 47 Asset Portfolios, Progress Payments, and Lease Rolls in Real Estate Models
  • Modeling a Single Real Estate Project
  • Modeling Multiple Projects That Are Part of a Combined Portfolio with Percent of Time Function
  • Modeling a Portfolio with the Index Function and Data Table Tools.