Kenneth Kaminsky

Financial Literacy (eBook, PDF)

Introduction to the Mathematics of Interest, Annuities, and Insurance

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Requiring only a background in high school algebra, Kaminsky's Financial Literacy: Introduction to the Mathematics of Interest, Annuities, and Insurance uses an innovative approach in order to make today's college student literate in such financial matters as loans, pensions, and insurance. Included are hundreds of examples and solved problems, as well as several hundred exercises backed up by a solutions manual.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761853107
• Artikelnr.: 39406410

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Kaminsky received his Ph.D. in applied and mathematical statistics from Rutgers University and has since taught at universities in Sweden and the United States. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Augsburg College. Some of his mathematical and other cartoons can be seen at www.mathcartoons.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface to the First Edition
Part 2 Preface to the Second Edition
Part 3 Part I-Payments Certain
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Variations on the Theme: Some General Principles of
Compound Interest
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Mixing it Up: Nominal Rates of Interest, Multiple
Deposits and Withdrawals, and More
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Introduction to Annuities
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: More General Annuities
Chapter 8 Chapter 5: Amortization and Sinking Funds
Part 9 Part II-LIfe Contingencies
Chapter 10 Chapter 6: Probability & The Mortality Table
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: Life Annuities
Chapter 12 Chapter 8: Life Insurance
Chapter 13 Chapter 9: Loose Ends: Reserves & Gross Premiums
Part 14 Tables
Part 15 Solutions
Part 16 Bibliography
Part 17 Index
Part 18 About the Author