Short Course Information A Course in Discounted Cash Flow Analysis Techniques Organized for managers, engineers, geologists, land men, scientists, accountants and others concerned with evaluating investments; this course relates to the economic analysis of income and service producing investments using discounted cash flow analysis techniques to optimize the economic value from development and operation of mining, petroleum and non-natural resource production and processing operations. The 5-day course addresses both before-tax and after-tax analysis considerations while the 3-day course focus is on the before-tax issues..   5-Day Course Outline Monday:  Time Value of Money, Discount Rates and                 Decision Criteria You will learn to apply the concepts of time value of money in calculating rate of return (internal rate of return), net present value, ratios and other criteria.  Other topics include understanding calculator and spreadsheet functions, graphical approaches illustrating the meaning of rate of return and net present value as well as methods used to determine an appropriate discount rate.  Evaluating service producing alternatives will be presented including cost analysis and incremental calculations.    Tuesday:  Application of Decision Criteria, Inflation   The application of decision criterion to mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive alternatives will be reviewed.  This discussion will also introduce related problems concerning cash flow streams exhibiting a cost-income-cost pattern and the subsequent dual rates of return and the meaning of economic results.  Application of inflation as it relates to escalated (or current) and constant (or real) dollar analyses will be introduced. Wednesday:  Inflation, Risk, Sensitivity Analysis, and                       After-Tax Cash Flow   Continued discussion on inflation will focus on understanding how this important parameter may impact the type of dollars and the appropriate discount rate in escalated and constant dollar calculations.  Sensitivity analyses addressing uncertainty are explored along with an introduction to quantifying risk through expected value calculations.  Development of after-tax cash flow will focus on related tax deductions including costs that may be expensed, expenditures that are capitalized and deducted by methods such as depreciation, depletion, amortization or write-off's and loss forward considerations. Thursday:  Application of Criteria in an After-Tax Environment   The details of calculating after-tax rate of return, net present value and ratios are presented for a variety of investment scenarios.  Other topics include the impact of an investor's financial position on economics and the handling of working capital.  The conversion of before-tax operating cost savings into after-tax cash flow and the proper handling of sunk costs and opportunity costs will also be explored.  Understanding the meaning of after-tax NPV in estimating before-tax market value of properties is also addressed. Friday:  Related Issues in an After-Tax Environment Recognition of the important differences in financial shareholder reporting vs. tax reporting for publicly traded companies.  After-tax cost analysis of service applications will focus on different methods of evaluating replacement and leasing vs. purchasing equipment and related issues.  Finally, the course is concluded with discussion pertaining to evaluations involving borrowed money.     3-Day Course Outline Monday:  Time Value of Money, Discount Rates and                 Decision Criteria You will learn to apply the concepts of time value of money in calculating rate of return (internal rate of return), net present value, ratios and other criteria.  Other topics include understanding calculator and spreadsheet functions, graphical approaches illustrating the meaning of rate of return and net present value as well as methods used to determine an appropriate discount rate.  Evaluating service producing alternatives will be presented including cost analysis and incremental calculations.    Tuesday:  Application of Decision Criteria, Inflation   The application of decision criterion to mutually exclusive and non-mutually exclusive alternatives will be reviewed.  This discussion will also introduce related problems concerning cash flow streams exhibiting a cost-income-cost pattern and the subsequent dual rates of return and the meaning of economic results.  Application of inflation as it relates to escalated (or current) and constant (or real) dollar analyses will be introduced. Wednesday:  Inflation, Risk, Sensitivity Analysis   Continued discussion on inflation will focus on understanding how this important parameter may impact the type of dollars and the appropriate discount rate in escalated and constant dollar calculations.  Sensitivity analyses addressing uncertainty are explored along with an introduction to quantifying risk through expected value calculations.   2008 5-Day Public Course Dates Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Golden, Colorado     May 12-16, 2008   July 21-25, 2008   September 15-19, 2008   November 17-21, 2008 2008 3-Day Public Course Dates Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Golden, Colorado     March 10-12, 2008   October 20-22, 2008 Public courses are offered in conjunction with the Colorado School of Mines Department of Special Programs and Continuing Education. Contact CSM: 1-800-446-9488 ext. 3321 Outside the United States: 303-273-3321. Visit the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Website http://www.mines.edu/Outreach/Cont_Ed/econoeval.shtml Register for a Public Course On-Site Courses Investment Evaluations Corporation sponsors on-site presentations of the course "Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods." Contact John Stermole. E-mail: john_stermole@msn.com
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