Description: The friendly editors of the Modeling Platform detail the advantages of the new all-digital format of the newsletter.

Description: Looks at free and inexpensive resources for the novice in predictive analytics, covering the data analysis theory as well as the most commonly used languages/software used in the field.

Description: This article is a review of the book, The Big Short by Michael Lewis. This book is a follow up to his previous book, Liar's Club, and focuses on the high finance issues that affected the economy in 2007 and later. In this book, Lewis focuses on the contrarians and challenges the Efficient Market Hypothesis.

Description: A profile of the 19th century designer and interior decorator Candace Wheeler, who founded multiple businesses and organizations that helped promote women's work.

Description: A review of Mihir Desai's book The Wisdom of Finance, and why actuaries specifically should read this book.

Description: This article discusses errors in spreadsheets, their implications and ways to mitigate them.

Description: Feature article about the appropriate use of spreadsheets.

Description: The author has gathered a variety of resources, general theories, and specific practices concerning spreadsheet errors and their avoidance.

Description: Reviewing a text covering multiple statistical modeling topics: e.g., generalized linear models, decision trees, clustering, using the statistical language R.

Description: This article analyzes the events leading to low interest rates and recommends careful asset/liability management and risk analysis to address future challenges with interest rates.