There are numerous ways to display numbers in your reports. Using percentages and decimals are two common ways to do so. In this post, I'll cover when it might makes sense to use percentages and when to decimals may be more appropriate. I'll also provide ...
Warren Buffett fans like to track the billionaire investor's moves, and a good way to do that is through Berkshire Hathaway's 13f filings. His company reports its holdings every quarter, showing where there were changes in its positions. By looking at mu ...
Conditional formatting cells can be an effective way to highlight values so that they can easily stand out. You can apply similar logic to charts, and in this post, I'll show you how you can use conditional formatting with Excel charts. By doing so, you ...
Switching back between Celsius and Fahrenheit can be cumbersome if you haven't memorized the formula. There are multiple steps involved and you can easily make a mistake. And while you could use shortcuts to try and approximate roughly how it is, you can ...
The Annual Percentage Rate (APR) on a loan tells you what your total borrowing cost is per year. It's different from just the interest rate because it will include other expenses and fees relating to a loan. And for that reason, the APR will be higher th ...
Nested IF statements aren't always the most efficient way to structure your formulas. And they can make it difficult later on if you need to fix a formula or make a change to it. What's worse, is if you inherit someone's spreadsheet and try to dissect th ...
Are you creating a chart that shows progress, with a certain goal in mind? In this post, I'll show you how to create a chart with a target line so that you can see how close you are progressing toward your goal. A common example for this type of char ...
You can add lots of automation to your spreadsheet by utilizing visual basic (VBA) and running macros. One of the more common macros you might run include loops. In particular, using for loops in VBA can allow you to cycle through a range of data, check ...
Nowadays, everything is available on a subscription. Even BMW now offers heated seats on a recurring subscription. It can be a challenge to keep on track of all your subscriptions, including when they renew and when trials end. However, I have a free tem ...
Do you want to calculate how quickly it will take for something to double in value? In this post, I'll show you how to calculate that using the doubling time formula. By utilizing variables, it can also be easily updated in Excel to factor in different g ...
