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How to Get Gold and Silver Prices Into Excel With Power Query

howtoexcel — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:00:59 +0000

If you want to look up the price of gold or silver, you can do that easily through a quick Google search. But did you know that you can also import prices right into Excel? With the help of Power Query, I’m going to show you how that’s possible. Start by getting access to an […]

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2026 Stock Trading Template (FREE!)

howtoexcel — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:32:51 +0000

If you want to track your investments in a spreadsheet, with visuals, metrics, and up-to-date data, you can download my free Google Sheets template. Below, I’ll go over how the template works, and provide you with a link that will enable you to copy the file for your own use. How the H2E 2026 Stock […]

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How to Calculate the Altman Z Score in Excel

howtoexcel — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:19:01 +0000

The Altman Z Score is a financial formula that evaluates a company’s financial health by analyzing key balance sheet and income statement ratios. In simple terms, it produces a single number (“Z-score”) that helps predict the probability that a company will go bankrupt. A low Z-score can alert you that a company is at high […]

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How to Analyze S&P 500 Sector Performance Using an Excel Bar Chart

howtoexcel — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:52:43 +0000

Charts can be an effective way to convey data, as opposed to just tables. By visualizing numbers, readers can easily see the highs and lows, and just how much of a variance exists between them. In this example, I’m going to show you how to turn a table summarizing S&P 500 sector performance into a […]

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2025 Stock Trading Template

howtoexcel — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 01:05:07 +0000

If you want to track your investments and stay on top stocks in a watchlist, I’ve created a template which will make that easy to do. My 2025 Stock Trading Template is a free template in Google Sheets that you can use for that purpose. It will give you a place to enter trades, populate […]

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How to Create a Stock Heat Map in Google Sheets

howtoexcel — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 04:22:58 +0000

Heat maps can help you easily identify high and low values. You’ll often find them to display stock prices to show which stocks did well, and which ones didn’t. They can also make it easy to see whether it was a good or bad day on the markets when looking at a list of stocks. […]

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Calculate Trailing 12 Month (TTM) Values in Excel

howtoexcel — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:21:28 +0000

Calculating trailing-12 month values, also known as TTM, can be a powerful way to analyze financial or business data over the most recent year. This method focuses on the latest 12-month period, providing a rolling snapshot of performance or trends. Unlike calendar-based analysis, which adheres strictly to yearly or quarterly periods, TTM values are dynamic […]

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How to Track Hundreds of Stocks in Google Sheets

howtoexcel — Tue, 28 May 2024 00:36:47 +0000

Google Sheets makes it easy to pull in data from the internet, including stock prices. An advantage it has over Excel’s StockHistory function is that it can pull prices even before the trading day has finished. This gives users access to more up-to-date information. Plus, it’s easy to track not just one or two stock […]

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How to Download Financial Statements Into Excel and Google Sheets

howtoexcel — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:10:08 +0000

In a previous post, I went over how to download a company’s financial statements from the Wall Street Journal’s website. However, that connection appears to now be closed. One of the risks when using Power Query to download data from a website that the connection will always be there. But there is another way to […]

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What Is the Difference Between a Moving Average and an Exponential Moving Average

howtoexcel — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:31:43 +0000

Moving averages can be useful in data analysis, when looking at trends both in finance and in the stock market. You can look at 30, 60, 90 day trends, and even longer or shorter durations. There’s also a difference between whether you are looking at a simple moving average and an exponential moving average. In […]

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