Calculating data fluctuations-- also called variance -- is a multi-step process that requires total accuracy. Excel 2010 provides two basic formulas for calculating fluctuations, depending on whether ...

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 ...

The UMass study found other potential flaws in the 2010 report including unconventional statistical weighting and selective data omission, but thus far Reinhart and Rogoff are largely standing by ...

In late September Microsoft admitted there was a bug in Excel 2007 which caused the calculation results of certain values to be displayed incorrectly. The results were correct, but the display was not ...

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Microsoft Corp. yesterday told Excel users that one of the 12 patches issued Tuesday causes the spreadsheet to make mistakes in some calculations. In a warning posted Thursday, Bill Sisk, security ...