Interest is quite possibly the most complex bit of math that the average person has to use everyday. Like the Force, it can be used for good, for evil, and it binds the galaxy together. When interest ...

Given the decades-long market upswing followed by the recent downturn, you may have questions about if your money is really working for you. For instance, is it possible to make an average 25% rate of ...

Being better at math increases income but also ties satisfaction more closely to money. Jonathan Kitchen/Digital Vision via Getty Images Your grade school math teacher probably told you that being ...

The Rule of 72 is a formula to predict how long it will take to double your investment portfolio, and demonstrates the power of compound growth. While it’s a useful guide for calculating how long it ...

Video: Sheila Bair and Paul Solman talk about how simple math and financial education, like the savings lessons in her children’s book ‘Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock,’ might have helped avert the ...

Unfortunately, there is a new phenomenon that has slipped into our lexicon: girl math. It has inundated TikTok feeds and memes. You can laugh it off as just goofy stuff, but I think we have to take a ...

Whether we know it or not, we’ve all found ourselves doing some “girl math”. Let’s say you purchase a dress at a department store for $100, but return it the next day because it didn’t fit quite right ...

Step aside, “girl dinner” — it’s time for “girl math.” Girl math revolves around justifying your spending habits in creative ways, like subscribing to the idea that if you buy clothes and later return ...

A video of a teenage girl attempting to explain the concept of “girl math” to her father has gone viral. “If I buy concert tickets for two people, and those people pay me back, the money they pay me ...

By that math, your typical American man would be smart to claim Social Security at age 62, the first year of his eligibility.