If you’re one of those investors with very little time to research and invest in individual stocks, it might be a good idea to look into investing in mutual funds. Whether your goal is to save money for retirement, or for a down payment to buy a house, mutual funds are low-cost and effective way …

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Cryptocurrencies can act like real money—in a sense, they are real money—but they take a digital monetary form and are not managed or governed by any central authority. A true product of the digital age, cryptocurrencies operate without the involvement of banks, governments, or any middleman. In 2020, there were more than 50 million blockchain […]

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Subscription services seem to be the sweet spot for attracting new users and building customer loyalty. For $10 a month? Take all the streaming music you want. Another $20 per…

In the last ten years or so, a new asset class has swept the globe—digital assets and cryptocurrency. It began with Bitcoin in 2009 and has since expanded into thousands of different cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, the first and largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is widely considered the gold standard of the asset class. Over time, other […]

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Pfizer isn’t new to the limelight. The company’s stock is included in dozens of health care, pharmaceutical and dividend index funds and ETFs, and Pfizer regularly makes headlines for its…

Why aren’t you investing? Maybe you grew up thinking the stock market was a scam. Maybe you’re worried that you’ll lose all your money. Maybe you think you don’t have…

The basic idea behind investing is finding ways for your money to earn you even more money. Getting your money to do work for you? Yes, please. But how do you figure out how much your investment is going to make you? The money that you earn on an investment is known as your return. […]

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Panic selling is when enough investors want to sell their holdings at the same time that it creates a profound drop in prices. That drop scares other investors into selling, which causes prices to fall still further, which frightens more investors, and so on. The resulting panic can erase vast amounts of wealth. It can […]

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People invest with one goal in mind: To earn a good return on their investment. Returns can be determined by the type of investment, the timing and the risks associated with it. That means returns can vary wildly, often making it hard for investors to plan for their financial future. So just what exactly is […]

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When it comes to bitcoin mining, a good hash rate is a higher hash rate. The more computing power going towards maintaining a network, the more secure it will be and the more transactions it will be able to handle. Investor confidence in the coin is also likely to be higher. The bitcoin hash rate […]

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