Nevertheless, I realize that these aforementioned explanations of current U.S. economic travails might be rather difficult to comprehend. Therefore, I will conclude with another example. Once a week, ...

Catherine Attard received a grant from Financial Literacy Australia in 2014 to investigate the use of financial literacy education to improve student engagement with mathematics in primary schools ...

Did you take a personal finance course in high school? How about college? Depending on when you attended classes, you might have learned now-outdated information such as “how to balance a checkbook” ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...

The Rule of 72 has likely made its way to many table conversations about money. It’s a simple, almost magical calculation that tells you how long it takes to double your investment. And you don’t need ...

Financial mathematics comprises the theoretical frameworks and numerical techniques used to model financial markets, assess risk, and price derivative instruments. Rooted in probability theory and ...

Several months ago, I attended a play at the Purple Rose Theater about Rosie the Riveter. It highlighted how unusual and difficult it was for a woman to enter the workforce, even though they were ...

The area of financial mathematics is concerned with the development and the analysis of models that can be of use to the valuation of investments in financial assets. Since the pioneering days of ...