Calculating returns from your stock portfolio can be a tricky matter, especially if some of your holdings pay dividends, or you make frequent deposits and withdrawals from your account. With Excel and ...

Excel includes several built-in functions, charts, and data display tools that can help you look for patterns and trends without knowing much about statistics or code. Excel can be used by anyone ...

Successful investing requires the ability to distinguish long-term trends from the short-term noise that moves stock prices on a minute-to-minute basis. One way to tune out the random oscillations and ...

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Stock's historical variance measures its return stability over time. Higher variance indicates greater return unpredictability and risk. Calculate variance using Excel to simplify the process for ...

Reviewed by Thomas Brock Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug CAPM: An Overview Many investors use the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) as a way to estimate the potential return of a stock or other ...

Bonds are investment vehicles that make regular coupon payments until maturity, at which time the bond's face value is paid. If a bond is callable, the issuer of the bond may terminate the bond's ...