Learn how to calculate Value at Risk (VaR) to effectively assess financial risks in portfolios, using historical, variance-covariance, and Monte Carlo methods.

We show you how to calculate compound interest in Excel at different rate of interests, like semi-annually, quarterly, monthly, etc.

Net present value (NPV) is used to estimate the profitability of projects or investments. You can calculate NPV in two ways using Microsoft Excel.

Use Excel to calculate daily returns and standard deviation to gauge stock volatility. Annualize volatility by multiplying daily standard deviation by the square root of 252. Remember, standard ...

Downside risk refers to the potential for an investment to decrease in value. Unlike general risk, which considers both upward and downward price movements, downside risk focuses solely on the ...

This Technology Workshop illustrates how to leverage a number of functions to perform calculations in Excel involving the time value of money.