Pete Rathburn is a copy editor and fact-checker with expertise in economics and personal finance and over twenty years of experience in the classroom. Getty Images / Monty Rakusen Analysts can assess ...

Uncertainty and risk are issues that virtually every business analyst must deal with, sooner or later. The consequences of not properly estimating and dealing with risk can be devastating. There’s a ...

Vector computers provide a new tool for management scientists. The application of that tool requires thinking in vector mode. This mode is examined in the context of Monte Carlo experiments with ...

The term "Monte Carlo" has its origins in the world-renowned Monaco city known for its casinos. In the 1940s, scientists working on the Manhattan Project developed this simulation method to model the ...

Numbers are rather useful. This is unfortunate, because they're also rather confusing. Our brains have a hard time making sense of lists of numbers, so we employ an imaginary friend to help us — the ...

How might you go about using Monte Carlo simulations for your retirement plan? Well, first you need to understand what Monte Carlo is and what it isn’t. According to Dana Anspach, CFP, RMA, the ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Monte Carlo Simulations are a modeling tool used to simulate reality and calculate probabilities of a portfolio supporting a certain withdrawal rate. With the market collapse of 2008, however, many ...