Interest income is periodic cash paid by borrowers to depositors or investors. Interest is money paid by a bank to a depositor. Anyone who holds cash in a bank savings … Read more →

Investors often are tempted to change their investments over time, to sell one stock in favor of another or to choose one type of income investment over another. Why not … Read more →

Day trading is a form of short-term investing, defined by buying and selling a security within a few hours. Generally, investors seek to profit from long-term changes in the price … Read more →

The Dow Jones Industrial Average just busted through 22,000 points, up from just 7,063 in 2009. Despite seeming bad news, stock investor see only positives. Sure, tensions are high with … Read more →

Earnings per share is a company’s profit in dollars divided by outstanding shares. Owning shares of a company is a way to invest directly in economic growth. Each shareholder is … Read more →

Fidelity Investments, the giant brokerage firm, does a pretty good job at breaking down our collective retirement readiness, measured as retirement income. The most recent report from them shows that … Read more →

A stock is an investment in a corporation, usually traded on a public exchange. Companies must raise money to conduct business, make investments and otherwise finance growth. One way they … Read more →

Turn on cable TV news at any given moment during the business day and you will be inundated with investment recommendations. Buy stocks, sell stocks. Buy bonds, sell bonds. Avoid … Read more →

Keynesian economics is the theory that government spending can offset slumps in private investment during an economic crisis. Named for British economist John Maynard Keynes, the core of Keynesian economics … Read more →

The list of market crashes in the United States along is long and sobering. These include, just picking the highlights: 2010 Flash Crash 2007-2008 Financial Crisis Sept. 11 Aftermath 2000 … Read more →