I learned something surprising this weekend. A rule I was taught back in elementary school turned out not always to be true. In the process, I discovered something worrisome about myself and how we ...

In financial markets, when round numbers become important, it creates an event risk environment Round numbers can’t seem to hold in financial markets; either there is a decisive breakthrough or a big ...

The method used to round numbers in accounting may portray an accurate or inaccurate appraisal of a company's financial condition. The amount of error increases with ...

Over the first four trading days of 2018, the Dow Jones industrial average, the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Nasdaq Composite closed in record territory every day. Each of the bench marks passed some ...

In the world of head-to-head negotiations, the person who first suggests a dollar figure must do so carefully. The opening episode of Slate’s Negotiation Academy (a podcast series I co-hosted) ...

Use rounded values to estimate close the answer to a calculation. This is a useful non-calculator skill. Refresh your knowledge with these guides on rounding and significant figures. Rounding to ...