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 ...

Before we learn how to perform multivariate regression in Excel, it is important to have a refresher on regression as a whole and multivariate regression in particular. One of the hallmarks of human ...

When you perform regression analysis in Microsoft Excel, you are engaging in a statistical process that helps you understand the relationship between variables. This technique is particularly useful ...

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Microsoft Excel's spreadsheet design allows you to quickly calculate values separated into two columns and replicate this calculation without having to manually recreate the formula for each row. As ...

Volatility is troublesome for many investors. Value changes in your stocks, your portfolio, or an index can keep you up at night -- or worse, push you to make emotional decisions you later regret.