The extreme volatility in Bitcoin prices makes many investors wary of investing in the cryptocurrency. Yet others view it as owning a venture capital-backed asset since the digital coins have received more acceptance as an alternative asset.
Bitcoin remains the world’s largest digital currency by market…
One of the great joys of investing in the stock market is that you can choose to support companies you believe in with your investment dollars. If you’re a supporter of green companies and causes, there’s never been a better time or opportunity to consider investing in them. For years, environmentally oriented companies were on the fringes of the investment…
There’s nothing wrong with accepting average stock market returns. If you invested $5,000 a year, earning fairly typical average returns of 10% a year, you’d have about $1.35 million at the end of 35 years.
But what if you don’t want to be average? Try these seven surefire…
When you're new to investing, the idea of getting started can be scary and overwhelming. But the very act of opening a brokerage account or retirement plan is a step in the right direction. From there, however, you'll need to develop an investing strategy that works for you, and these key...
It’s easy to view the stories of market speculation that have dominated the news recently as cautionary tales for individual investors. But we can also look at the current moment as an opportunity to welcome a new group of investors to the market: those who have been drawn in by all the high-stakes action, yet want an investment approach that doesn’t keep…
Generation Z is loosely defined as those born between 1997 and either 2012 or 2015, depending on the reference source. This puts Gen Zers (or “zoomers”) at roughly 6 to 24 years old currently.
While there aren’t many 6-year-old investors, those in their teens and early twenties should already be setting aside funds, no matter how…
To the uninitiated, the stock exchange can seem like a casino, with news and social media feeds sharing stories of investors striking it rich by playing the stock market. But while there are winners, there are also losers, those who lose money playing the market, sometimes pulling their money out of the market because they’re afraid of the potential of losing money…