Ernest Brown Skinner
The Mathematical Theory of Investment by Ernest Brown Skinner (1913) is a book on our Risk & quant shelf. A clean actuarial and algebraic treatment of compound interest, annuities, sinking funds, bonds and depreciation. It suits readers interested in risk & quant, and it is legally free from Internet Archive (library-digitised scan). Licence: Public domain in the USA (pre-1931 library scan).
Download free from Internet Archive (library-digitised scan)A clean actuarial and algebraic treatment of compound interest, annuities, sinking funds, bonds and depreciation. Skinner wrote it as a college text for students who need the formulas behind valuation, and it still works as a no-nonsense companion if you want the maths of investment without modern portfolio jargon.
The licence listed for this title is: Public domain in the USA (pre-1931 library scan). It is published free of charge by Internet Archive (library-digitised scan), and TopFreeBooks links only to that official source; we do not host the file.
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