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Individual investors usually underperform the market for a single reason: They let emotion influence their investing. In bull markets, emotion takes the form of greed, of trying to get clever and outsmart other investors. In bear markets, emotional investing takes…
Over time, stocks outperform nearly every other asset class. An ongoing data project by NYU’s Stern School of Business showcases how much money a fictional (and long-lived) person would have each year if they invested $100 in 1928. If they’d invested…
Everyone feels the temptation to try to time the market – the stock market, the housing market, any market. It’s human nature to try to be cleverer than everyone else. And it’s only the beginning of the uphill battle we…
When you start investing for your future, it may be difficult to decide how you should invest your money. After all, if you don’t know the key differences between stocks vs. bonds, how will you be able to decide? For…
When reading about investing, you often hear that it’s important to do your research. That educated investing is the key to successful investing. That you should never invest a dime until you understand just what it is you’re investing in….
Index Funds vs. Mutual Funds – the two most common types of investment-grade funds. Investment-grade funds have become a preferred way for retail investors to access the stock market. These funds pool investment dollars from a large group of investors…
Taxable brokerage accounts don’t offer all of the tax incentives retirement accounts do, but they’re far more flexible. If you expect to need any significant chunk of money before you retire, that makes them an essential part of your savings…
When building a balanced investing portfolio, you’ll want to include bonds in your asset allocation. These assets provide safety and stability, offering relatively slow growth and reliable returns. As you begin to research which bonds to buy, you’ll realize there…
Investing is an important part of saving for the future. One of the hardest parts of investing is building a portfolio of stocks and bonds that you’re happy with. Mutual funds are a way to easily invest in pre-built portfolios….
Futures contracts allow market participants to place bets on future pricing and the direction of change in future pricing of commodities, financial products, and certain other assets and instruments. Because futures markets can be volatile, illiquid, and prone to speculation,…
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