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  • Is The U.S. Economy Heading For Stagflation?

    Stagflation is a period of stagnant economic growth accompanied by persistently high inflation and a sharp rise in unemployment. While stagflation is quite rare—the U.S. has only experienced one sustained period of stagflation in recent history, in the 1970s—it’s become...
    Is The U.S. Economy Heading For Stagflation?

  • Quantitative Easing Explained

    Quantitative easing—QE for short—is a monetary policy strategy used by central banks like the Federal Reserve. With QE, a central bank purchases securities in an attempt to reduce interest rates, increase the supply of money and drive more lending to...
    Quantitative Easing Explained

  • What Is The OTC Market?

    The over-the-counter market—commonly known as the OTC market—is where securities that aren’t listed on the major exchanges are traded. Stocks and bonds that trade on the OTC market are typically from smaller companies that don’t meet the requirements to be...
    What Is The OTC Market?

  • A Basic Guide To Forex Trading

    Foreign exchange trading—also commonly called forex trading or FX—is the global market for exchanging foreign currencies. Forex is the largest market in the world, and the trades that happen in it affect everything from the price of clothing imported from...
    A Basic Guide To Forex Trading

  • Understanding Arbitrage

    Arbitrage means taking advantage of price differences across markets to make a buck. If a currency, commodity or security—or even a rare pair of sneakers—is priced differently in two separate markets, traders buy the cheaper version and then sell it...
    Understanding Arbitrage

  • Large-Cap Stocks

    Large-cap stocks are shares of the largest U.S. companies, or those with market capitalizations of $10 billion or more. Large-caps are generally safer investments than their mid- and small-cap counterparts because the companies are more established, but their stocks may...
    Large-Cap Stocks

  • How To Prepare For A Market Correction

    After a highly volatile summer, the stock market is right back in correction territory. That makes it a good time to remind yourself that market corrections are an inevitable part of investing. They tend to take people by surprise, but...
    How To Prepare For A Market Correction

  • Mid-Cap Stocks

    Mid-cap stocks are shares of companies with total market capitalization in the range of about $2 billion to $10 billion. Along with large-cap stocks and small-cap stocks, mid-cap stocks are one of the three main stock categories and offer a...
    Mid-Cap Stocks

  • Short Selling Guide

    Short selling is a strategy where you aim to profit from a decline in an asset’s price. Whereas most investing involves buying an asset and selling it later at a higher price, short sellers start by selling an asset and...
    Short Selling Guide

  • How To Invest In Crude Oil

    Crude oil is perhaps the most vital natural resource for the world economy. This raw commodity is refined to make gasoline, jet fuel and a host of other products. Price changes in the global market for crude oil are closely...
    How To Invest In Crude Oil

  • How To Invest In Rental Property

    Do you spend hours watching HGTV or looking at homes on Zillow? Maybe it’s time for you to get serious about real estate investing. While the housing market is hotter than it’s been in years, real estate investing beginners should...
    How To Invest In Rental Property

  • Small-Cap Stocks

    Small-cap stocks are shares of companies with total market capitalization in the range of about $300 million to $2 billion. Small-cap companies have the potential for high rates of growth, making them appealing investments, though their stocks may experience more...
    Small-Cap Stocks

  • Earnings Reports: What Do Quarterly Earnings Tell You?

    Earnings reports are quarterly financial statements issued by publicly traded companies. As the name suggests, an earnings report details the profits (or losses) earned by a company in a given quarter, along with data like sales volumes, revenue and profit...
    Earnings Reports: What Do Quarterly Earnings Tell You?

  • Blowing Bubbles: What Is A Stock Market Bubble?

    A stock market bubble—also known as an asset bubble or a speculative bubble—is when prices for a stock or an asset rise exponentially over a period of time, well in excess of its intrinsic value. Eventually, prices hit a wall...
    Blowing Bubbles: What Is A Stock Market Bubble?

  • Special Purpose Acquisition Company: What Is A SPAC?

    A SPAC is a special purpose acquisition company, also frequently called a blank check company. SPACs are a publicly traded vehicles that exist solely to raise money and acquire existing private companies. How Does a SPAC Work? SPACs are a...
    Special Purpose Acquisition Company: What Is A SPAC?

  • Options Trading Explained: A Beginner’s Guide

    Options trading is how investors can speculate on the future direction of the overall stock market or individual securities, like stocks or bonds. Options contracts give you the choice—but not the obligation—to buy or sell an underlying asset at a...
    Options Trading Explained: A Beginner’s Guide