How Does the Stock Market Work?

How Does the Stock Market Work?

The stock market plays a part in everyone’s daily lives, yet Wall Street is still one of the most mystifying places on planet earth. The stock market serves three vital purposes: Helps companies raise capital – Companies raise money by selling shares in an IPO or...
Dollar Cost Averaging: What is it and Why to Use it

Dollar Cost Averaging: What is it and Why to Use it

Most people who invest are dollar cost averaging fans but they don’t even know it. Dollar cost averaging is founded on a simple idea that investors should accumulate investments over long periods of time in very small doses. Anyone who saves for retirement with...
How to Avoid Losing Money in the Stock Market

How to Avoid Losing Money in the Stock Market

When the markets perform like they have since 2009, it’s easy to forget 2007 and 2008, when the stock market lost half its value in a matter of months. Only a handful of companies managed to go higher during the financial crisis. Everything else dropped like a rock....
Dollar Cost Averaging: What is it and Why to Use it

Does Short-Term Investing Ever Pay Off?

It was the prospect of day trading that first brought me to the stock market. The concept of making thousands – or even millions – in a span of weeks completely blew my mind. Day traders who work at the biggest of firms can bring down millions of dollars per year. Who...