In recent years, high inflation and global conflict busted economist predictions. How well are your funds or portfolios prepared to weather market surprises? Scenario analysis can help portfolio ...

Q. How does the Scenario Manager in Excel work? A. Microsoft Excel’s Scenario Manager is a powerful tool for making informed financial decisions. It allows users to create and manage multiple data ...

Not All Methodologies for Financial Scenario Analy... Not All Methodologies for Financial Scenario Analysis Are the Same Types of Scenario Analysis Forecasting is a no-win situation. If you get it ...

Scenario analysis is a useful tool to get a sense of what long-term expectations are implied by any given stock price. Discounted cash flow models used improperly can cause overconfidence and a false ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Making informed decisions is paramount for individuals and businesses alike when it comes to finances. Strategic planning and scenario analysis are indispensable tools that provide clarity and ...

Last month, we used Goal Seek to determine the most reasonable mortgage payment within a specific budget. This month, we continue with the mortgage example using Scenario Manager. We’ll generate a ...

ESG in Action As climate change intensifies, so do the physical and transition risks to industries and companies. But how do investors quantify those changes? Historically, they’ve measured a ...

Like medieval merchants clinging to flat-earth maps, today's businesses risk purgatory in a climate-changing world by misusing scenario analysis. Here are seven common mistakes that undermine climate ...

Recent advances in generative AI are changing how leaders approach scenario planning and development with more nimble and rapid approaches . Readers have requested additional examples of how more ...