I don’t understand all the dominoes in the financial crisis. In situations like this, it’s helpful to step away and look at general principles: never mind the pieces, what’s the “gravity” that makes them fall? And fall so… Read article
Interest rates are confusing, despite their ubiquity. This post takes an in-depth look at why interest rates behave as they do.
Understanding these concepts will help understand finance (mortgages & savings rates), along with the omnipresent e and <a… Read article
In accounting, the math usually isn’t worse than multiplication. But accounting isn’t about math — it’s about concepts, and some had me confused. Accounting has simple and surprisingly elegant ways to track a business. So What’s Accounting About, Anyway? To… Read article
Everyone’s heard of the stock market — but few know why it works. Were you aware that each stock has two prices? That you can’t buy and sell for the same amount? That a “stock market” works better and is… Read article
I’m no expert, but creating your own project invariably teaches you a few things about presenting your site. Here are a few lessons that helped me launch InstaCalc, a real-time, shareable calculator.
Get feedback, then release
Don’t push out… Read article
