Microsoft (MS) Excel has several financial functions that can come quite handy for you as an investor. Many of these are simple to understand and use. On the Excel screen, these functions can be found ...

The PMT function is an Excel Financial function that returns the periodic payment for an annuity. The formula for the PMT function is PMT(rate,nper,pv, [fv], [type]). The NPV function returns the net ...

SUMIF, SUMIFS, AVERAGEIFS, and COUNTIFS are commonly used accounting functions in Microsoft Excel. These formulas are used to calculate cell values based on the criteria you have described or ...

A couple of weeks ago, we saw how the RATE function in Microsoft Excel can be used to calculate the return on investments and the cost of loans. Now, what if you want to find how much your investment ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant ...