Award-Winning Finance Tutors
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I am an author of two Personal Finance books Women and Money and The Value Book and a historical book, Indiana Avenue Life and Musical Journey from 1915 to 2015.

Time value of money, discounted cash flow, and capital structure decisions are concepts Idara uses in her actual career — she's spent years in the finance industry after completing her MS in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford. She unpacks formulas like NPV and IRR by connecting them to real investment decisions, making the math feel purposeful instead of arbitrary.

An English degree might seem like an unlikely path into finance, but Andrew's economics tutoring experience and strong quantitative instincts — evidenced by a 1560 SAT and 35 ACT — mean he's comfortable breaking down the math that underpins topics like compound interest, loan amortization, and basic valuation. He approaches finance the way a careful reader approaches a text: pulling apart each component to see how the pieces fit together, which is especially useful for students who find purely formula-driven instruction hard to follow.

A master's in Finance means Alex can dig into time value of money calculations, capital budgeting, and portfolio theory with real fluency — not just textbook definitions. He connects financial models to how actual firms make investment and funding decisions, which makes concepts like WACC and DCF analysis click faster.

An economics degree provides exactly the quantitative backbone that finance concepts demand — present value calculations, risk-return tradeoffs, and interpreting financial statements all build on economic reasoning. Jessie connects these topics to the underlying models students encounter in corporate finance and investment analysis, making formulas feel purposeful rather than abstract.

Kaela's background spans financial accounting and economics, which means she can connect finance concepts like time value of money, risk-return tradeoffs, and capital budgeting to the broader economic logic behind them. She breaks down quantitative problems step by step while making sure students understand the real-world decisions those numbers represent. Rated 5.0 by students.

Marissa's academic background sits right at the intersection of accounting, finance, and business administration, which means she can explain concepts like time value of money, capital budgeting, and financial statement analysis with real numerical fluency. She walks through problems step by step, connecting formulas to the business logic behind them so students understand when to apply each tool. Her math strength makes the quantitative side of finance far less intimidating.

Running a startup means David lives finance daily — building cash flow projections, valuing equity, and weighing capital structure decisions in real time. His UChicago MBA gave him the theoretical framework, but it's the hands-on work with DCF models, ratio analysis, and funding rounds that makes his explanations concrete and grounded.

Andrew teaches finance as an adjunct professor, which means he's constantly explaining time value of money, capital budgeting, and risk-return tradeoffs to students encountering them for the first time. His engineering background adds a quantitative rigor that's especially useful when students hit DCF models or weighted average cost of capital calculations. Rated 4.8 by students.

Mo earned his B.S. in Finance, so concepts like time value of money, DCF analysis, and capital structure aren't abstract formulas to him — they're the core language of his training. He breaks down financial statements and valuation models step by step, connecting each calculation to the real business decision it informs. Rated 4.9 by students.

As a finance major at Ohio State, Christopher doesn't just teach formulas like NPV and CAPM — he unpacks the logic behind them so students understand when and why each tool applies. Whether the topic is capital budgeting, risk-return tradeoffs, or reading a cash flow statement, he ties concepts back to actual business decisions. That grounding in practical application makes even the most formula-heavy chapters easier to internalize.

Studying management and finance at NYU Stern while eyeing strategy consulting and M&A means Mat lives in the intersection of financial theory and corporate decision-making — he can explain why a firm's capital structure matters when it's weighing an acquisition, not just how to calculate WACC. His seven years of tutoring experience show in how he breaks down valuation frameworks and financial modeling into clear, logical steps.

I'm a graduate of Robert Morris University where I earned my BSBA in Economics and Finance. After graduating from RMU I attended Johns Hopkins University where I earned my MA in Applied Economics. My interests lie in the fields of banking, energy, healthcare, and public policy.