What Are Stock Splits?
A stock split is a decision by the company’s board of directors to increase a company’s number of shares, causing a decrease in the stock price and making shares more affordable. A stock split does …
A stock split is a decision by the company’s board of directors to increase a company’s number of shares, causing a decrease in the stock price and making shares more affordable. A stock split does …
A security is an ownership or debt with value and may be bought and sold. Many types of securities can be broadly categorized into equity, debt, and derivatives. A stock is a type of security …
Commodities are physical resources and foods that come from the Earth. Stocks represent a claim on the future cash flows of specific companies. Both can be bought and sold as investments, but each has unique …
Stock markets exist to serve the economy. They do this by providing the opportunity for companies to raise capital, investors to make money, and the government to collect taxes from both. This answer may raise …
Stock trading involves the price prediction of equities. Forex trading attempts to profit from the moves in currency exchange rates. While it is true that currencies are less volatile than share prices, leveraged trading can …
Stocks and bonds represent different ways to invest in a company or government. A bond usually offers interest income and the return of the principal investment, whereas a stock represents partial ownership in a company …
Have you ever heard someone on TV saying that a politician or policymaker was being “too hawkish” or “too dovish”? Maybe you know that means something about their views on the money supply, banking, and …
Stanley Druckenmiller achieved over 30% returns for three decades without a single down year. He often stated, “The best economist I know is the inside of the stock market. I’m not that smart. The market …
I thought it would be interesting to create a visualization showing the top 10 cryptocurrencies over time. The market is incredibly volatile, with new technology disruption occurring almost daily. You can see this by converting …
Stocks have outperformed t-bills, t-bonds, and gold over the 5, 10, 30, 40, and 50 years ending 2018. Due to the great recession, stocks only underperformed gold in the prior 20-year period. Period Ending 2018 …