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Reference Topics 11-5

July 16, 2015 by elaine

There are a multitude of sites to help with retirement planning. Here is a samples:
http://www.troweprice.com/retirement
The annuity formula in the book is actually called an ordinary annuity. This is the situation where the payment is made at the end … See the whole entry

Reference Topics 11-4

July 16, 2015 by elaine

A primer of summation notation can be found at this site:
https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcTwoDIRECTORY/summationdirectory/Summation.html

Here is a practice site working with arithmetic and geometric series:
http://mathforum.org/sum95/math_and/spreadsheets/examples/series.html… See the whole entry

Reference Topics 11-3

May 21, 2024July 16, 2015 by elaine

Here is the Mensa home page:
http://www.mensa.org/

There is an interesting association between the Fibonacci numbers and the golden section. This relationship is explored at this site:
https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/nature-golden-ratio-fibonacci.html

Here is a site which derives Binet’s formula (Problem 58):
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52677.html… See the whole entry

Reference Topics 11-2

May 21, 2024July 16, 2015 by elaine

These sites will help you review and price a new car:
http://www.edmunds.com/

Kelley Blue Book:
http://www.kbb.com/

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Reference Topics 11-1

May 21, 2024July 16, 2015 by elaine

There are many sources of sites related to the material of this chapter. Here are a few of the better ones. Compound interest calculator:
http://www.moneychimp.com/calculator/compound_interest_calculator.htm

This calculator uses continuous compounding:
http://www.moneychimp.com/articles/finworks/continuous_compounding.htm

Calculator and graphs for various financial situations:
http://www.moneychimp.com/index.html

U.S. … See the whole entry