Investing Basics: What Are Dividends?

A dividend is a payment in cash or stock that public companies distribute to their shareholders. Income investors prefer to…

When you buy bonds, you’re providing a loan to the bond issuer, who has agreed to pay you interest and…

The stock market never stays still. Market indexes see gains and losses daily—in more settled periods, the S&P 500 gains…

Gold and bitcoin are weird. Neither is especially useful in the here and now in any practical sense. Bitcoin’s promise…

Liquid assets include cash and other assets that can quickly be turned into cash without losing value. You always want…

Creating a well-rounded investment strategy isn’t too different from making a nutritionally balanced meal. Like a healthy plate chock full…

Investing is a lot like riding a roller coaster. Some love the thrill of taking big risks with the possibility…

If you’re new to investing, you might ask yourself, “What is an asset class?” In short, there are multiple kinds…

Early last month, the San Francisco-based software developer Rishab Hegde launched a cryptocurrency called ponzicoin. Its website described “the world’s first legitimate…