Genius Failed Famously, Sir Isaac Newton lost nearly his entire net worth--20,000 pounds, equivalent to about $4 million in today's U.S. dollars--investing in one of the earliest stocks available. The ...

If you're picturing a stress-free retirement where you live off investment interest, use this easy formula to calculate how ...

Everybody loves math, right? Such an exciting topic, said very few people ever. Many schoolchildren dislike math because they think it's boring and they'll never use it in the real world. I know I ...

Today, mutual fund SIPs (Systematic Investment Plans) have become the most preferred investment method for common investors.

Changing the order of factors does not change the product. Three times four times five produces the same answer as five times four times three. Remember this from math class? Or are you suddenly ...

Wall Street excels at selling things — but the academic-industrial-finance complex’s reputation for sophisticated mathematics is a myth. The financial industry uses mathematics in a manner that would ...

Belief Systems In "The Active Dangers of Passive Investing," on a website serving financial advisors called Advisor Perspectives, guest columnist Vitaly Katsenelson writes: "If you own the S&P 500 (or ...