Investment

Making a Big Money Move? Why You Should Probably Consult a Financial Adviser

By Beth Pinsker, Reuters

People hire financial advisers with the very obvious goal of getting advice on how to handle their money. So why do investors often cut advisers out of consequential decisions? Some advisers say...
Women Are Better Investors Than Men. Here Are 3 Reasons Why

By Beth Braverman

Female investors outperform males on average, and new report attributes the better performance to three traits more common in female investors.
Here's How Much You Would Have Made If You Invested in Amazon 20 Years Ago

By Akin Oyedele, Business Insider

On May 15, 1997, Amazon , then an online bookstore, went public. The company's stock has seen a stunning 36% compounded annual gain since then. Amazon closed at $961.35 on Friday, giving the company...
Intimidated by Investing? Five Simple Rules That Help Newbies Get Started

By Janna Herron

When speaking with Alice Finn about her new book Smart Women Love Money –a call to action for women to get serious about investing—the conversation inevitably touched on the gender wage gap, a big...
After This Guy Won a Jet.com Contest, Walmart Made Him a Multimillionaire

By Jillian D'onfro, Business Insider

Eric Martin is still processing his big news. The 29-year-old marketer from York, Pennsylvania just became a millionaire thanks to a smart investment in Jet.com, which Walmart is buying for more than...

Why Raiding Your Kids' 529 College Savings Plan Is a Bad Idea

By Kelli B. Grant, CNBC

Cringe-worthy as it is to dip into your kid's piggy bank, it's probably the nicer financial move compared to raiding his or her 529 college savings account. Nearly half of parents with college...
Does Passive Investing Make Sense for Your Portfolio?

By Jeff Spross, TheWeek.com

Very quietly, the way that many Americans invest their money is changing. And it's changing in a way that could upend the way Wall Street does business. When you think of investment, you probably...
Mark Cuban: Here’s What You Need to Do Before You Start Investing

By Libby Kane, Business Insider

Billionaire Mark Cuban doesn't mince words. When Entrepreneur asked him on the set of "Shark Tank" for his best advice to make money investing, he replied: "Don't." "The market could go up for years...
3 Ways the Brexit Affects You

By Beth Braverman

After years of debate and speculation, last night’s vote confirmed that Brexit is actually happening and the United Kingdom is going to withdrawal from the European Union. The actual process of...
19 Retirement Mistakes You’re Making Other Than Not Saving Enough

By Janna Herron

It’s conventional wisdom by now that Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement. Recent studies have shown that many Baby Boomers might have to live on a mere $7,000 to $9,000 a year during their...

Post-Austerity Europe Gropes for a Game Plan

By Patrick Smith

In Spain, King Juan Carlos proposes to give up his 136–foot yacht (although there is bickering over who should get it). In France, President Francois Hollande just raised $390,000 by selling 1,200...
Investors Beware: If Jobs Rise, Stocks Could Fall

By Reuters

Standing conventional stock market wisdom on its head, investors may wish for weaker-than-expected employment numbers next Friday: A strong jobs report could prompt an early end to the Fed's policy...
Does 'Sell in May and Go Away' Actually Work?

By Staff Learnvest, LearnVest

The stock market has many old sayings, from 'buy the rumor and sell the news' to 'as goes January, so goes the year.' And let’s not forget this memorable one: 'Bulls make money. Bears make money...
Corporations "Check the Box" to Save Billions in Taxes

By Reuters

The story of the 'check the box' loophole, which allows U.S. companies to choose for themselves how to classify their subsidiaries for tax purposes, and a companion policy known as the 'look-through...
Edgy About Interest Rates? Don’t Pop the Xanax Yet

By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

The bond market has been hammered this week by rising interest rates. The chart below from Business Insider, however, shows that rates are rising from a very low level . The primary cause appears to...

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