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A defined benefit plan, more commonly known as a pension plan, offers guaranteed retirement benefits for employees. Defined benefit plans are primarily funded by employers, with retirement payouts based on…
With government restrictions and pricey buy-ins, hedge funds are all but inaccessible to most mere investing mortals. That may not be such a bad thing, though. Hedge funds are much…
A fund of funds is an investment vehicle that invests in mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), or even hedge funds. When you invest in a fund, you get an entire…
Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of the Bitcoin protocol, published a paper outlining it via the Cryptography Mailing List on Nov. 1, 2008. He then released the first version of the…
A correction is a sustained decline in the value of a market index or the price of an individual asset. A correction is generally agreed to be a 10% to…
A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) lets you buy shares of stock in a company with the dividend payments from that same company. Investors who opt into a DRIP take advantage…
Buying the stocks of companies that pay steady dividends is one of the best ways to invest. Because you’re investing for slow, steady payments in more mature companies, some might…
Mid-cap stocks are shares of companies with a total market capitalization range of about $2 billion to $10 billion. Along with large-cap and small-cap stocks, mid-cap stocks are one of…
The Nasdaq is the second largest stock exchange on earth. Over 3,700 public companies are listed for trade on the Nasdaq, with a collective market capitalization of over $19 trillion—slightly…
A stock exchange is a marketplace where stocks, bonds, and other securities are bought and sold. But stock exchanges are more than just markets: They provide companies with a valuable…