Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

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The US stock market is at 3% a premium; it has traded this high only 15% of the time since 2010. Small-cap and value stocks are the last bastions of value left. Following this year’s rally, only real ...

Intrinsic value estimates a stock's true worth, often differing from market price. Discounted cash flow analysis calculates intrinsic value based on predicted future cash flows. Using financial ...

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