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Month: July 2017

Monte Carlo – Simulating Opus Banks Stock Price II

July 31, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

Following up on Part I, we’re going to kill two birds with one stone and learn both how to simulate…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Excel, Monte Carlo, VBA

Monte Carlo – Simulating Opus Banks Stock Price I

July 30, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

In parallel to our ongoing series introducing different Monte Carlo techniques I thought it would be fun to incorporate more…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Excel, Excel Functions, Finance 101, Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo III – A Simple Example with VBA

July 29, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

If you haven’t read the first two posts introducing the concept of Monte Carlo simulations and running through a basic,…

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Posted in: Code & Automation, Foundations, Risk Management Filed under: Excel, Excel Functions, Finance 101, Monte Carlo, VBA

Financial Statements – The Very Basics

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I think the balance sheet is probably the easiest of the major financial statements to understand, so we’ll begin there.…

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Posted in: Foundations, Fundamental Analysis Filed under: Finance 101

Monte Carlo II – A Simple Example

July 26, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

For a quick overview of Monte Carlo simulations, I recommend you check out Part I. Example: Suppose we work for…

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Posted in: Foundations, Fundamental Analysis Filed under: Excel, Excel Functions, Finance 101, Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo I – Overview

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I confess that Monte Carlo methods confused and to a certain extent intimidated me for a long time. It was…

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Posted in: Foundations, Fundamental Analysis Filed under: Monte Carlo

NPV and IRR – Criteria for Making an Investment

July 23, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

The two most common measures applied to proposed projects (for everything from expansion to replacing old equipment) are net present…

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Posted in: Foundations, Fundamental Analysis Filed under: Excel, Excel Functions, Finance 101, IRR, NPV

ARIMA Models – Part I – Positive Autocorrelation

July 22, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

ARIMA models require some study and application to thoroughly understand. The rewards are well worth it though, if you master…

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Posted in: Foundations, Statistical Methods Filed under: ARIMA, Excel, Finance 101, Univariate

Technical Analysis – What is it?

July 21, 2017 Pat Leave a comment

I’ve heard technical analysis explained and described the following ways: “TA is the analyst attempting to read the mind of…

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Posted in: Capital Markets, Foundations Filed under: Finance 101, TA

Value at Risk (VaR) Part 1 – An Introduction

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VaR, or Value at Risk is another one of many concepts in finance that sounds much more intimidating to some…

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Posted in: Foundations, Risk Management Filed under: Excel, Excel Functions, Finance 101

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