Private equity is an investment made directly into a company, rather than through a public stock exchange. Most investors are used to thinking of common stocks as the way to … Read more →

If you listen to the investment gurus, they’ll tell you buy index funds and forget it. You’ll come out ahead, they say, because index funds are cheap. But what about … Read more →

A bull market is a market in which buying predominates, resulting in a steady, persistent increase in asset prices. Stock markets go up and down every day. Historically, prices have … Read more →

Which would you rather make, a great investment or an early investment? It’s not a trick question. Of course we would all have loved to have bought Microsoft when it … Read more →

Liquidity is another way of saying cash. In the case of an investment, liquidity is easy access to buyers who will give you cash for that investment. An investment position … Read more →

Not that many years ago, stock brokers could make a pretty good living just getting their clients to buy individual stocks. Just sell the story and get paid. Commissions on … Read more →

Main Street is a synonym for the mostly non-financial parts of the U.S. economy, in contrast to Wall Street. Investment commentators occasionally compare the concentrated U.S. financial sector with the … Read more →

On June 1, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new record high, closing at 21,144. The broad market S&P 500 and the tech-focused NASDAQ did, too. There are two … Read more →

Holding period is the length of time an investor keeps a given investment. Buying and selling investments is a normal part of managing an investment portfolio. Some investments one might … Read more →

An interesting wrinkle in the massive move toward passive investing strategies such as index funds is that a lot of people seem to be ignoring the passive part. Yes, there … Read more →