TABLE OF CONTENTS What’s an Index Fund? What’s an ETF? Comparing ETFs and Index Funds Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, and index funds are very popular with investors nowadays. Both offer advantages over mutual…
What is a short-term investment? If you’re making a short-term investment, you’re often doing so because you need to have the money at a certain time. If you’re saving for…
What Is a Stock Buyback? A stock buyback is when a public company uses cash to buy shares of its own stock on the open market. A company may do this to…
Coming up with a list of the best bond ETFs for 2022 may at first seem like it would include only funds that can perform well in an inflationary, rising-rate…
With both health and economic challenges having shaped 2021, those saving for retirement in 2022 will face important obstacles, such as managing a retirement savings gap, battling rising inflation and becoming informed…
What Is an Asset Class? An asset class is a group of investments that have similar characteristics, are subject to the same laws and regulations, and generally respond similarly to…
Betting against a stock and profiting when the price falls is possible thanks to a technique known as short selling, here’s how it works: Borrow the stock from your broker (this will…
Banks may not have been the earliest adopters of the cloud, but industry leaders now realize that a cloud-based digital strategy enables a range of strategic advantages—including improved sustainability. Cloud…
What Is a Buyback? A stock buyback is when a public company uses cash to buy shares of its own stock on the open market. A company may do this to return…