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Modern businesses are awash in data, including operational and financial. Decisions that once relied on management intuition now involve careful analysis of financial statements, spreadsheets and ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

When you use the statistical analysis features in Excel, you are leveraging one of the most powerful tools available for data manipulation and interpretation. Excel is not just a spreadsheet ...

A statistical analysis of the distribution of returns can be used to determine many key characteristics of a stock's behavior. Volatility is not the only useful measure of risk that can be determined ...