Given the high-stakes nature of income planning, it's tragic that a significant segment of the financial advisor community embraces an income-generation methodology—the systematic withdrawal plan (SWP ...

Important events sometimes occur with too little notice. Occasionally, even a monumental development can escape adequate attention. An example of this occurred on Jan. 9. That day saw a historic ...

Monte Carlo simulations predict investment risks and returns using computer models. They enable investors to assess outcomes under various market conditions. Accessible tools like online calculators ...

You can’t predict the future, of course, but that doesn’t stop some financial professionals from trying. Of the many methods devised to anticipate different possible futures in financial planning, ...

I am looking to estimate the potential for failure in a complex system using Monte Carlo simulation. I am quite familiar with using MC for engineering simulations, but have never approached the ...