- BlackRock Says Bonds Should Be Hot in 2023
For bond investors, 2022 was a year to forget — interest rates skyrocketed and the general rule is that for every 1% increase in interest rates, the bond’s price moves 1% in the other direction for every year of its… read more…
- How to Invest in Cobalt
To investors, natural resources are known as the “commodities” market. This is a major sector of investing, with both professionals and retail investors alike putting their money into assets like coffee, steel and corn every day. Although, given the extreme… read more…
- Vanguard Sees Non-U.S. Equities, Emerging Market Bonds as Top Sectors in 2023
Vanguard has released its January 2023 investment and economic forecasts, and there are some interesting projections that all investors should consider. The forecast predicts faster economic growth in China than in the U.S. or Europe. When looking at investments, Vanguard… read more…
- 6 Ways to Make Money Daily With Investments
If you put your money to work by investing, you can profit daily from passive investments. Passive income-generating investments that don’t require your active involvement include exchange-traded funds, individual stocks and bonds and real estate investment trusts. You can accumulate… read more…
- Follow These Steps to Update Your Portfolio for the New Year
The calendar recently switched from 2022 to 2023, but if you didn’t do a year-end review of your financial portfolio, don’t worry — there’s still time to take a look and fix anything that isn’t quite right before we get… read more…
- This Investment Beat Out Stocks By 25 Percentage Point Last Year: Should You Add It to Your 2023 Portfolio?
It’s no secret that 2022 was a difficult year in the market for stocks, but dividend stocks actually delivered solid returns for investors. And that’s good news for retirees who rely on dividend stocks as a source of income. With… read more…
- Morningstar Says These Investments Can Help During Inflation
Though the inflation rate has slowed in the past six months, there is no denying that Americans are still living in an inflationary environment. This impacts people day-to-day — when they go to the grocery store and consider taking out… read more…
- What Are Multi-Asset Strategies?
Multi-asset strategies are styles of investment that provide for including a variety of different financial assets such as stocks, bonds and cash in a portfolio. Multi-asset strategies can provide greater diversification and less downside risk while also adding income and… read more…
- How to Invest $500 to Start Building Wealth
If you have $500 that isn’t earmarked for bills, that’s enough to get started in investing. It may or may not feel like a fortune to you. But with the right investments, it can certainly be used to start one.… read more…
- What Is After-Hours Trading? How Do You Do It?
After-hours trading happens outside the standard hours during which a stock exchange (such as the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange) is open. This trading can fall under post-market trading, which happens between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., or pre-market… read more…
- Here’s a Trick to Take Control of Your Taxes in an Unpredictable Real Estate Market
Most real estate investors are familiar with traditional tax-deferred exchanges. They require you to sell your current business property before you can purchase another. However, there’s an alternative route that allows you to take some extra control in the unpredictable… read more…
- Understanding How REITs Are Taxed
Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, can be a great addition to a well-diversified portfolio. These investments offer a solution to those looking to benefit from real estate assets. However, they also come with their own unique tax implications. Here’s a… read more…
- What Is Survivorship Bias? And How It Can Be Used to Trick You
Survivorship bias isn’t a term you likely hear often, but you know exactly what it is. Ever listened to a sales pitch that opened with the most optimistic information, yet neglected to include the less-than-flattering details? This is a type… read more…
- Wealthfront vs. Vanguard
Wealthfront and Vanguard specialize in two different types of online trading platforms. Vanguard offers a full-service trading platform, it specializes in mutual funds. Wealthfront, on the other hand, is what is known as a robo-advisor service. This means that you don’t… read more…
- Understanding Overweight Stock Ratings
A stock that is expected to outperform other stocks in its market sector gets an Overweight rating. Financial analysts who are employed by investment firms research stocks and provide their opinions to investors about their possible future performance. Their opinion takes… read more…
- Money for Nothing: How to Build a ‘Couch Potato’ Portfolio
Want to grow wealth but don’t want to have to spend hours poring over your investment portfolio or investment decisions? If so, a lazy portfolio may be right for you. Lazy portfolios are designed to generate returns without requiring constant… read more…
- Treasury Bills vs. Bonds: What’s the Difference?
Fixed-income securities play an important role within individual investment portfolios and the economy at large. But like other securities, fixed-income instruments come in a myriad of variations, from short-term Treasury bills that only pay interest when the bill matures, to… read more…
- What Are Unrealized Gains? Investment Guide
Like most investors, you’ve probably watched your investment account balance fluctuate depending on market conditions, company or fund performance and other factors. Of course, you’d likely prefer to see your account balance grow rather than shrink. It’s exciting to see… read more…
- Vanguard vs. TD Ameritrade
As you begin investing, you’ll likely hear about two popular online investing companies: Vanguard and TD Ameritrade. These are two of the largest brokerage firms in the U.S. While the companies have a few similarities, they each cater to vastly… read more…
- Beginner’s Guide to Nickel Investing
Investing in nickel is a bet on the prospects of the industrial and manufacturing sectors, both of which use lots of this base metal. Nickel investing, and investing in other base metals like zinc, iron, aluminum and uranium, is different from investing… read more…
- How to Invest Your Inheritance
When a loved one passes away, you may receive an inheritance. This money is a token of the person’s appreciation for you and often represents a lifetime of savings. When you’ve received a large sum of money, there is a… read more…
- Preferred Stock vs. Common Stock: What’s the Difference?
Publicly traded companies can offer shares of preferred stock or common stock to investors to raise capital. Both can pay dividends, though there can be differences in how much is paid out and when those payouts occur. Between the two,… read more…
- How to Invest in SPACs
Special purpose acquisition companies or SPACs for short are formed to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO). The capital raised from investors is then used to acquire a private company. Also called shell companies or blank check companies,… read more…
- When Is Quadruple Witching Day? Should You Invest?
The phrase quadruple witching brings to mind stories that begin, “It was a dark and stormy night…” or folkloric visions of witches flying chaotically on broomsticks across the brightness of a moon. In the context of investing, quadruple witching also… read more…
- How to Create Multiple Streams of Income
eveNearly half of all Americans depend on secondary work to get by. This is largely hidden from BLS and Census bureau data. According to the Census, 7.8% of Americans work more than one job. Having multiple streams of income is rapidly becoming… read more…