By Robin Brown Although high-growth tech stocks are certainly trading at a premium these days, there is often a reason for it. First, the stocks have either only experienced limited business disruption from the pandemic, or they actually saw business Read More …
By Sean Williams When the curtain finally closes on 2020, it’ll go down as one of the most volatile years on record for the stock market. We watched the CBOE Volatility Index hit an all-time high and witnessed the quickest bear market Read More …
By Ariel Shapira They’ve been dubbed the unluckiest generation in history. As much as that might sound like an exaggeration, it’s safe to say everyone knows exactly which generation is being described. The average Millennial has experienced slower economic growth Read More …
BY RACHEL CURRY Millennial investors—born between 1981 and 1996—hold slimmer assets than their Gen X and baby boomer counterparts, which may contribute to less active market activity. Additionally, only 37 percent of affluent millennials feel financially literate. To read more:
By Rob Isbitts Millennials like stocks. Why shouldn’t they? Stocks only go up, right Dave Portnoy? I recently reviewed the latest survey from Apex clearing, S&P Global Market Intelligence and Investors Business Daily. Each quarter, they review account holdings of a large group Read More …
By Sean Williams This has been a year that the investment community won’t soon forget. We’ve witnessed incredible lows, with the benchmark S&P 500 losing over a third of its value in under five weeks, and monumental highs, with the index recouping Read More …
By Nick Stonnington Before the global financial crisis, the popular belief was that value stocks (which are less expensive and less risky because of their established worth) were a better investment than growth stocks (which are a relatively more expensive Read More …
By Tanza Loudenback There’s quite a bit of chance involved in stock-market investing. As financial experts preach time and again, there’s no way to predict returns with 100% certainty. No one — not even professional money managers — can time the Read More …
By Charles Lewis Sizemore It seems that in the popular imagination, the Millennial will always be that youngish Starbucks barista who could never quite get their financial life in order. But while perception may be slow to change, the reality Read More …
By ROB CARRICK The most dangerous way to start a lifetime of investing is with a run of beginner’s luck. In the annals of investing, beginners may never have been luckier than they were in the rally back from the Read More …