AllFinancialMatters » Monte Carlo Analysis http://allfinancialmatters.com A personal finance blog dedicated to discussing such topics as budgeting, asset allocation, 401K, IRA, cash flow, insurance, financial planning, portfolio management, and other areas in personal finance. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Congrats to Trent! http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/08/31/congrats-to-trent/ http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/08/31/congrats-to-trent/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:13:10 +0000 JLP http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/08/31/congrats-to-trent/ Trent over at TheSimpleDollar and his wife welcomed a baby girl into their family today (I think). I’m pretty sure they are going to name her TheSimpleDaughter. LOL!

Anyway, as much as I ranted on Trent last week, I do want everyone to know that I don’t harbor any hard feelings and I wish Trent and his family the best! I’m pretty sure we can all look forward to a post titled “The 5 Best Ways to Change a Diaper” from Trent.

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I am by no means an expert on Monte Carlo analysis. I do know enough to know that Monte Carlo Analysis helps avoid planning based on market averages, which can be deadly to a portfolio. I did a little research and found this article from Business Week that does a nice job introducing the concept. The article also lists several websites that may be of assistance:

ANALYCORP, www.analycorp.comStanford’s Sam Savage has books and software to learn about Monte Carlo simulations

DECISIONEERING, www.decisioneering.comSoftware firm specializing in risk analysis, with test spreadsheets available for downloads

FINANCIAL ENGINES, www.financialengines.comFinancial planning Web site makes projections based on Monte Carlo simulations

PALISADE, www.palisade.comThe @Risk Monte Carlo program works as an Excel add-on

T. ROWE PRICE, www.troweprice.comRetirement Income Calculator uses Monte Carlo to project withdrawal rates

Finally, if you are heavy into math, you might like Monte Carlo Analysis section at RiskGlossary.com. I saw just enough to realize that I didn’t want to read any more! Also, there is a Wikipedia for Monte Carlo Analysis that might be worth checking out.

Since this is a relatively new topic on this blog, I will probably be talking more about it in the future. Meanwhile, if you have any questions for Martin, please leave a comment and we’ll see if we can get him to stop by and answer them.

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