Diversification is an important element when it comes to constructing an investment portfolio. While most investors begin their career with stocks and bonds, there’s a wide variety of alternative investments that can act as great diversification tools to a traditional portfolio. Real estate and gold have long been viewed as viable alternative investments, but crypto is now…
You may have heard the stock market is up a lot, and the housing market too. Cryptocurrencies have been surging - at least until recently.
The economy is booming back to life after a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns and most assets are booming right along with...
From Elon Musk to Russian cybercriminals, it seems that every single day brings yet another sensational story involving cryptocurrency. To say that investors are catching on would be an understatement.
A new GOBankingRates poll of current investors reveals just how far into the mainstream cryptocurrency has moved....
Inflation is one of those economic terms most of us know just enough about to be afraid of. We know it erodes our money over time, and that it arrives in the form of higher prices for everyday goods and services. Inflation fears can also lead to negative reactions in the stock market, such as the selloff…
If you’re new to investing and you’re just now planning to put some money in the stock market, you’re in luck. For the first time in history, virtually anyone can start investing for free, no matter how little money or knowledge they have.
Until fairly recently, even the most bare-bones discount online…
If you thought you could handle market volatility, Bitcoin’s dizzying ups and downs are something else.
The largest cryptocurrency’s price hit a record high of more than $63,000 per coin in April, when the IPO of crypto exchange Coinbase helped catch the public’s attention. But the rally didn’t last long: Bitcoin’s price…
At this point, I've been investing in stocks for many years, and I'm at a point where I'm more than comfortable doing it. But that wasn't always the case. There was a time when I knew next to nothing about buying stocks, and saving for long-term goals was the furthest...