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...

How to Profit from the Robot Revolution

By Cnbc Staff, CNBC

Ever since the heyday of science fiction films in the 1950s, humans have kept watch on the evolution of robots. One analyst told CNBC that 2013 could be the year robots become a force to be reckoned...
Want a Job? Be a Construction Worker

By Ernest Scheyder, Reuters

On Friday, jobs figures for February showed that there were 48,000 construction jobs created in the month, the most since March 2007, which was around the time the U.S. housing boom began to turn...
Wall Street Bulls Likely to Keep Charging

By Patti Domm, CNBC

Four years after hitting bottom in the financial crisis, the Dow soared to a new high in a bank-led rally in the past week, and traders now expect bulls to charge ahead toward the S&P 500's all-...
Same-Day Delivery: Google Tests Amazon's Turf

By Reuters

Google Inc began testing a same-day delivery service with retailers in recent weeks, the latest move into Amazon.com Inc's e-commerce turf by the world's largest Internet search company.
3D Printing Could Grow to Over $3.7 Billion by 2015

By Reuters

3D printing, manufacturing, business growth, production, medical, business, economy

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