If you are new to investing, you have likely seen the term market capitalization while looking up stocks. It often appears ...

So far, 2024 is shaping up to be a strong year for stocks. With interest rates expected to fall further, it's easy to assume next year could be another win for equity investors—if only the financial ...

A key takeaway from the above table of Dow Jones net annual returns is that the highest years are generally lower than those of the S&P 500 index, but the lows are not as low. This suggests that the ...

The stock market isn’t as boring and complicated as you might think Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

If you are a teacher, professor or instructor of students over 16 years of age looking to play a free stock market game with your class, you can use these documents to get started. Yes. You must ...

Ben is the former Retirement and Investing Editor for Forbes Advisor. With two decades of business and finance journalism experience, Ben has covered breaking market news, written on equity markets ...

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The stock market may feel confusing, but it's important to understand the basics if you want to invest in stocks. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

When will the next bear market happen—and when it does, how long will it take to recover? Stocks were approaching bear-market territory as recently as Monday, April 7, and forecasters across Wall ...

A stock market crash is a sudden and dramatic drop in the value of stocks listed on an exchange. Many factors can cause such a drop, including economic or geopolitical events, rumors or compounding ...