The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. You, you get a, a BS in Mathematics and a JD from Boston University Math and Law. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child. I didn’t get an advanced degree in math. Not the usual combination. What happened?

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MAY 18, 2023

Anyone in this age range who can do anything can do anything --the literal definition of optionality. If it is going to happen, it won't be for ten years +/-, plenty of time to factor that into your math.

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Mr. Money Mustache

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Its just basic math. Definitely one of the best guaranteed returns around, and much more sensible than leaving tens of thousands of dollars in a checking or savings account unless you have a clear use for that cash. What if the Earnings are Rising? Another way to think of this is that paying off your house is like buying a 7% bond.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I’d say management consulting is any of the other thing that least at that time was the other career trajectory, just my personality, more of a math oriented introvert. 00:13:13 [Speaker Changed] It’s an improvement of value or refinement on the definition of value. Finance was the natural fit for GMO. So I was at Harvard.

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Clever Girl Finance

JANUARY 29, 2023

Definition of net worth Net worth is how much you owe versus how much you own. Prepare for retirement in your 60s While you can still invest in your 60s, it's definitely a time to take on less risk because of being close to retirement years. Best net worth calculator by age Why not make the math simpler when finding net worth?

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Now now each of us knows a tremendous amount, but by definition, our ignorance is infinite. We know a little bit of math. In terms of our character, we overplay how much agency we have over the world. We’re not as influential as we think. And in terms of confidence, we overestimate how much we know. That creates an issue.

Media 147

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Here’s Barron’s and Barron’s telling us definitively to buy bonds and Bloomberg telling us with a little less conviction. Yeah, that sounds pretty good (giving them the benefit of the doubt about the math)… pretty good for an equity. Mark Baker applies the word orthogonal to what I am describing. So it is today with bonds.

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Mr. Money Mustache

APRIL 18, 2021

Seeing him work so hard on this production definitely helped ease my fears about whether or not he will grow up to be a contributing member of society. Many teachers are already using this system to “flip the classroom”, and my own boy and I used Khan Academy to help him cover second through eighth grade math in only a month.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 15, 2022

Put that extra 33% into plainer vanilla equities you are definitely still increasing your risk, either way you'd be leveraging up not down. The math shows the NTSX/ARBIX/BTAL combo would be down 14.7% Put that extra 33% into a series of lottery ticket stocks then you're really rolling the dice. and that is the number I will assume.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. And so, there’s definitely a pre and post. BITTERLY MICHELL: Yeah, we definitely need to get into — to pizza. RITHOLTZ: Applied Mathematics, Quants, those guys, yeah.

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Clever Girl Finance

OCTOBER 4, 2022

If you’re good with math, then turning to financial planning or accounting or opening up a similar company could be one of the best recession proof businesses to start! Although things might be tougher, it's definitely possible to move into a recession-proof career or build a successful recession-proof business during trying times.

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Steve Sanduski

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been clear for quite some time from industry data and personal experience that net organic revenue growth of RIA firms is quite low when you, by definition, exclude market movement. Simple math says the CAGR of NET NEW ASSETS (i.e., For comparison, a passive 60/40 bond portfolio, as mentioned above, grew at a CAGR of 11.9%.

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And don't worry if math isn't your thing because we've included 50 30 20 budget spreadsheet ideas to help you stay on top of your budgeting strategies. These are items you definitely don't need, but perhaps they are fun or they add to your life in a positive way. The 50-30-20 rule is comprehensive and covers all bases. And that's ok!

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Aleph

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Society of Actuaries made a similar mistake when it eliminated their English exam, which turned their candidates into math nerds who often could not understand qualitative features in insurance. Definitely. Actuaries once were CEOs of insurance companies, and that is rare now. Clear out the crud, and make more room for the basics.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. But it’s definitely a challenge.

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 13, 2022

You’ve heard of male-dominated industries—education is definitely more of a female-dominated industry. If you liked math in school and have a knack for numbers, you might make a great bookkeeper. Especially if you already have the necessary skills to get started! Educational business ideas for women. are female.

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Clever Girl Finance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And don’t worry if math isn’t your thing because we’ve included 50 30 20 budget spreadsheet ideas to help you stay on top of your budgeting strategies. These are items you definitely don’t need, but perhaps they are fun, or they add to your life in a positive way. And that’s OK!

Budgeting 104

Budgeting Taxes Transportation Healthcare 104

Mr. Money Mustache

AUGUST 4, 2020

In the big picture, this usually leads to having a “successful” life, because of this basic math: Traditional Success. =. We’re just talking about the old-fashioned, Smiling 1950s Man definition of success. Fame definitely has a sweet spot. How much work you do. How much society happens to value your work.

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Good Financial Cents

DECEMBER 19, 2022

When you actually do the math, traditional braces or Invisalign can easily cost $24,000 or more for four kids! I could definitely picture some kids taking out their aligner to eat lunch at school, then dumping their retainers in the trash with their lunch tray. Our middle son getting Invisalign is very responsible, though.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

So like a component of it was like the standard derivatives math, right? And so like, you know, I got there and I learned derivatives math, right? It was derivatives math, it was like working with the traders on like risk management. Like, like the, you know, like the accounting standards.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Most of them definitely have accumulated decent sums thus far, maybe not enough to be on track for what they think they need, but they aren't in desperate trouble except for maybe one of them. And a follow up to last night's blog post related to very expensive things that happen and can throw off retirement plan math. That is Rooster.

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 28, 2023

And no—we’re definitely not suggesting that you let yourself go hungry to save a few bucks. While not all foods have a store-brand counterpart, items such as canned foods, condiments, and other processed foods are definitely guaranteed to have store-brand versions. (Be sure to check out our frugal meal plan ideas as well!)

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Good Financial Cents

JULY 3, 2023

Calculation Breakdown Let’s break down the math to find out how much you could earn annually with a $30 hourly wage: Consider an average workweek of 40 hours and an average year consisting of 52 weeks. Earning $30 an hour should definitely place you in a comfy spot, don’t you think? Let’s do math again!

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 21, 2025

But the numbers you can’t argue with, I mean, we all know that the brutal math of investing before costs investors collectively will earn the market return after costs. People definitely seem to be happier to give away money now. They will earn that market return less, whatever they’re paying.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 18, 2024

Oh, definitely. It is not defining, it is not definitive. Definitely. 00:40:26 [Speaker Changed] They, they know, they know math, they know math. Definitely. So first tell us about that label and why you embrace it as a way to take control 00:18:30 [Speaker Changed] Of it. Everything is amorphous.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 29, 2023

DAVIS: We definitely saw a number of clients who started embracing money markets. So investors and savers are definitely eating into that safety net, which over time as that continues to decline should slow the economy down to some degree. You definitely want to be more of an investor versus a speculator.

Portfolio 130

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Definitely check out our list of best side hustle books as well!). You can provide bookkeeping services online or offline, and it can be the best side hustle for women who are great at math and business. With the gig economy being so strong right now, there's never been a better time to explore side hustles for women.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 16, 2022

We discount each year at our 10% minimum weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and some infinite series maths gives us the basis for some rough approximations 2. Maths has a long half-life and a DCF correctly done accounts for inflation. Financial Accountings Standard Board brought stock-based compensation into the definition of U.S.

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FMG

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The math speaks for itself- over half our population is female, yet only around 20% of financial advisors are women. Definitely a stretch goal for me haha. I honestly feel like being a woman in the industry is a competitive advantage right now. Your site shows that you host events and workshops.

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Good Financial Cents

JUNE 25, 2023

” The answer is definitely yes. When a miner is first to succeed in solving the complex math to process a new block of transactions, that person is rewarded with the transaction fees from recent users and newly minted bitcoin. But before you make your first investment, there are a few things you should know about crypto.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

So I do think a lot of people struggle, especially, you know, when you see some cities that have suffered with very high housing costs, Sydney is definitely right up there. 00:10:10 [Speaker Changed] I mean, the, the deal was definitely done in Japan and Australia, not in the us right? But it is very expensive.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 6, 2023

When I think back to some of the most painful moments over a 20-year career, that is definitely one. There’s definitely some ways to save money. It’s much deeper than math. And that really hurt. RITHOLTZ: Because everything in the world is free. You should work for free. Media subscription should be free.

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Aleph

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Definitions: Guaranteed Investment Contract: A group annuity issued by a life insurance company. This was during a period where increasingly Stable Value Funds were being replaced by bonds and bond funds being wrapped by a type of derivative that would allow for “benefit responsive payments,” called a “wrap contract.”

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

I was a, I’m a rural guy, kind of grew up in a, you know, farm town in Illinois and in Texas, which is in Dallas, but not really a farm town, but it, you know, more rural, definitely more Midwestern southern even. But, but definitely fiscal and monetary policy. And that’s definitely not priced.

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The Better Letter

MAY 26, 2022

Unlike math, the universe is an open system, subject only to inductive inference. Inductive reasoning, which is an extrapolation from the information we observe to arrive at a conclusion about something that we have not observed, cannot offer definitive results. We want deductive (demonstrative, definitive) proof.

Numbers 52

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 8, 2024

You can provide bookkeeping services online or offline, and it can be one of the best side jobs for women who are great at math and business management. You can definitely make an extra $2,000 a month with a side hustle. Your clients can range from local businesses in your area to hundreds of business owners online.

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The Big Picture

MAY 30, 2023

BRYANT: So money, unlike math, money is highly emotional. You can say, you know, what Andrew Young said, who was Dr. King’s right arm, that “To live in a system of free enterprise and not to understand the rules of free enterprise must be the very definition of slavery.” RITHOLTZ: Right. BRYANT: Number two, money is emotional.

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