The work behind the platforms.
Casina is a small operation with a research orientation. Every tool we publish reflects underlying choices about data, modeling, and methodology. This page documents the work that informs those choices.
What we research
Decision modeling for individual outcomes.
Most financial and life-event analysis is built for institutions: aggregate populations, average cases, statistical means. We focus on the opposite — modeling how a specific person's specific situation moves under different decisions. The math is the same; the framing is different.
Source-grounded methodology.
We work from primary government and academic data sources rather than secondary aggregators. Every figure that appears in our tools traces back to a citable source, refreshed on a documented schedule.
Behavioral context for quantitative tools.
A calculator that ignores how people actually use it produces accurate but useless answers. We integrate findings from behavioral economics and decision research into how our tools present results — which numbers come first, what's hidden by default, what defaults are set.
Current focus areas
Areas of active work in 2026:
- Mortgage refinance break-even modeling under shifting rate environments
- Life-transition financial recovery scoring (PivotReset)
- Decision-quality metrics for cognitive tools (LifeByLogic)
- Source-traceability infrastructure across all platforms
Publications and research notes
We're building toward periodic published research. Notes, working papers, and methodology documentation will appear here as they're released.
If you're a researcher interested in collaborating or referencing our methodology, please contact us.