Finance Basics 1 - Simple Interest in Excel

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This Excel Video Tutorial teaches you all about simple interest. You will learn what simple interest is and how to calculate it in Excel. You will also learn how to calculate simple interest the long way, which can be easily replicated on a calculator. This is a great tutorial for those people just starting out in finance as well as those who just need to learn what simple interest is and means as well as how to calculate it in Excel.

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Education

Tags:

• excel
• finance
• basics
• simple interest
• formulas
• math
• principal
• rates
• interest
• periods

[ArchitectsFate]

Hi,

Thanks for your great videos.

I have a question. Why do you need to put a negative sign front of the PV or in this case, behind the FV function??

Thanks,

Reza

[ExcelisHell]

@ArchitectsFate You don't 'need' to do that; it just makes the result a positive number instead of a negative number.

[heightz187]

thank you for creating this video. I am learning the basics of Finance and with the help of your you tube videos, I may be able to get gain a more positive awareness toward my upcoming collage undergrad courses