It’s easy to run a regression in Excel. The output contains a ton of information but you only need to understand a few key data points to make sense of your regression.

VIDEO: It's easy to run a regression in Excel and you only need to understand a few data points to make sense of the results.

Next, have Excel run the regression on the two columns of return data you generated. Under the Data menu, the Data Analysis button allows you to select Regression.

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