Intuit's Quicken and Microsoft Money are personal finance products mostly used for basic "everyday" financial tasks, like checkbook balancing and bill paying. While these tools are great for tracking transactions, many users find their reporting and analysis tools difficult to work with. However, many people already have one of the most powerful tools for realizing financial savings installed on their computer - Microsoft Excel. With Excel's extensive capabilities for analyzing data, performing computations, and displaying charts, it's ideally suited for just about any financial task, if you know how to create the necessary formulas and charts. With Manage Your Money and Investments with Excel, you don't need advanced Excel knowledge to analyze and review your financial information. The book includes a set of professionally designed Excel workbooks for performing commonly needed financial tasks such as: comparing mutual funds over time, evaluating mortgages and home equity loans, deciding whether to buy or lease a car, work with credit card finance charges, and more. All necessary formulas and charts will be built in so readers can add their data and get started quickly.Not only is this book great for those tackling financial management for the first time, but it's also perfect for current Money and Quicken users who are finding some of their software features difficult to use.