Interest is quite possibly the most complex bit of math that the average person has to use everyday. Like the Force, it can be used for good, for evil, and it binds the galaxy together. When interest ...

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“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” This is a famous quote commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, but fortunately, you ...