Learn to calculate present value (PV) in Excel using rate and period inputs for better investment comparisons and informed financial decisions.

Learn to calculate fixed asset depreciation in Excel using methods like straight-line, sum of the years' digits, and more for accurate financial analysis.

In your school life, you have learned about average and the method to calculate it. The formula to calculate the average is very simple. You just have to add all the values in the given data and ...

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To calculate the Consumer Price Index between two years in Excel, take a sum of all the amounts spent on the basket of products over those two years. Then use the following formula to find the CPI ...

Q. I have prepared projections for a proposed project, and I want to calculate the internal rate of return. Instead of using Excel’s IRR function, should I use simple math formulas so others can ...

Learn how to effectively use the SCAN function in Excel to enhance your formula-building skills. This tutorial presents four practical examples: - Calculate year-to-date profit (YTD) as a running ...

Imagine investing in a promising project, only to realize years later that it’s taking far longer than expected to recoup your initial outlay. Wouldn’t it have been invaluable to know upfront how long ...

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