The risk-free rate is the rate of return on an investment that carries no risk of loss. Every investment carries with it some level of risk. Nevertheless, investment managers often … Read more →

New data from the hedge fund industry points to a continuing exit from the high-priced trading strategies. Liquidations, the shutting down of hedge funds, are at their highest since the … Read more →

An index is a statistical representation of the collective price of a group of investments, such as like-sized companies. A stock or bond index is meant to show investors how … Read more →

A lot has been written over the past few weeks about the U.S. bond market. Expectations are for interest rates to rise and bond prices to fall. That would not … Read more →

Dollar-cost averaging is buying a fixed dollar amount of an investment periodically without concern for the prevailing market price of that investment. If you plan to invest regularly, your options … Read more →

This much we know: More often than not, stocks rise during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Not 100% of the time, but enough to lead people to … Read more →

Volatility is the relative movement of the price of an investment higher or lower compared to other investments or to an investment index. Investments such as stocks and bonds are … Read more →

If you’re reading this column you were probably not in the scrum of shoppers out trying to score a cheap flat-screen TV. And thank goodness for that! Of course, we … Read more →

Short selling a stock is taking an investment position that will rise in value if the targeted stock falls in price. Short selling is one of the most widely misunderstood … Read more →

“I read it on the Internet, it must be real” is likely to go down as the hallmark of this year’s presidential election. Research suggests that engagement on social media … Read more →