I've delved into this topic a few times without further elaboration, so I thought I'd spend time today trying (and most likely failing) to make what may be a fairly esoteric point. It is this: Not ...

IN a memoir, entitled “Contributions to the Mathematical Theory of Evolution. II. Skew Variation in Homogeneous Material” (Phil. Trans. 186, A, pp. 343–414), and noticed in your columns by Mr. Francis ...

The model shows earthquake probability curves for central Oklahoma increasing to 2015 due to brine injection. After injection is reduced and assumed to end in 2017, brine continues to diffuse in the ...

One of the key difficulties of analyzing highly kinetic enterprises like IonQ Inc (NYSE: IONQ) is that their valuations incur reflexivity. A concept popularized by George Soros, reflexivity is a ...

Amid the backdrop of a challenged consumer economy and fading global demand, Chevron (CVX) and other major oil giants haven’t exactly enjoyed a stellar performance. Since the beginning of the year, ...

For those who want to roll the dice on deflated public enterprises with proven upside potential, it’s difficult to overlook Nio (NIO). At first glance, NIO stock doesn’t seem particularly compelling, ...

Three different methods of bootstrapping default probability curves from par credit default swap spreads are discussed. The first assumes that the default densities are constant between consecutive ...

After initiating a recovery process from recent concerns tied to artificial intelligence and a possible bubble brewing in the space, Oracle Corp (NYSE: ORCL) imposed a sharp reality check. Following ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...