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Bob’s financial advisor just ran a “Monte Carlo analysis” for him.What’s a “Monte Carlo analysis”?It’s a tool used to test how a person’s retirement savings and plan would hold up given a variety of ...

Monte Carlo simulations have become a cornerstone in quantitative finance, particularly in the pricing of complex options and in modelling volatility dynamics. This numerical method employs random ...