Monday 28 August 2017

BUACC3710 - Capital Investment Decisions

This is an interesting topic.... but due to my busy schedule, I have browsed the net and found this in investopedia page...

Introduction To Capital Investment Decisions

Capital investments are funds invested in a firm or enterprise for the purposes of furthering its business objectives. Capital investment may also refer to a firm's acquisition of capital assets or fixed assets such as manufacturing plants and machinery that are expected to be productive over many years. Sources of capital investment are manifold and can include equity investors, banks, financial institutions, venture capital and angel investors. While capital investment is usually earmarked for capital or long-life assets, a portion may also be used for working capital purposes.

Capital investment encompasses a wide variety of funding options. While funding for capital investment is generally in the form of common or preferred equity issuance, it may also be through straight or convertible debt. Funding may range from an amount of less than $100,000 in seed financing for a start-up to amounts in the hundreds of millions for massive projects in capital-intensive sectors like mining, utilities and infrastructure.

In this section, we'll examine various components of a company's capital investment decisions, including project cash flows, incremental cash flows and more.

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