Investing Basics

Certain cryptocurrencies appear to pass the Howey test, which means they qualify as an "investment contract" The Howey test derives its name from a landmark…
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A Beginner's Guide to Smart Investing with Index Funds Part of the Series Guide to Index Fund Investing What Are Index Funds, and How Do They Work? Introduction…
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Definition Event futures contracts allow traders to speculate on the outcome of specific occurrences, like winners of Hollywood awards or the closing price of Bitcoin.…
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A 2024 survey from Investopedia and REAL SIMPLE found that 57% of women don't hold any investments. Some who said they have retirement accounts don't consider themselves to…
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The number of women-fronted companies is growing and these are at the head of the pack Women-owned companies in the U.S. are growing at more than double the rate of…
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Thanks to the power of compounding gains, money invested in your 20s can achieve much more significant growth over the remainder of a lifetime than investments started…
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In a remarkable tale of investment success spanning three decades, Ted Weschler—now one of Warren Buffett's top lieutenants at Berkshire Hathaway—transformed a modest…
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Quarterly earnings calls have long been one of Wall Street's driest rituals—hours of executives offering pablum about "executing on our strategic…
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The truth about the best market move for 2025 might surprise you. While the value of S&P 500 firms is historically high, inflation is still above the U.S. Federal…
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With the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issuing $2.4 billion in stimulus payments to about 1 million eligible taxpayers who didn't claim their 2021 Recovery Rebate…
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