Excel's AGGREGATE function lets you perform calculations whilst ignoring hidden rows, errors, or other functions that appear in the data. It's similar to the SUBTOTAL function but provides more ...

As a child of the dark ages, I used the word rank to describe something that smelled rotten or suspicious. Rank in Microsoft Excel is, thankfully, totally different. In Excel, rank is a value that ...

Start Excel and open the worksheet containing the number you want to round up. Click inside of the cell where you want to display the calculation. Type "=ROUNDUP ()" into the formula bar.

You can automate your ROI calculations for products or other types of investments by creating a simple, reusable Excel spreadsheet.

Adding a running total to a simple Microsoft Excel revenue sheet isn't difficult, but adding a conditional running total will require a bit more effort. Solutions are simpler than you might think.

This month’s column shows how to use the remarkably versatile AGGREGATE function in Excel.

Learn how to calculate the net present value (NPV) of your investment projects using Excel's XNPV function.

The payback period is the amount of time needed to recover the initial outlay for an investment. Learn how to calculate it with Microsoft Excel.

With those values, you can use a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel to calculate the asset's standard deviation. Investors use standard deviation as a proxy for volatility.