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Vanguard and TD Ameritrade have trillions of dollars under management but offer very different platforms for online investors....

The federal government annually limits how much of your earnings are subject to the Social Security tax....

The capital market line (CML) represents portfolios that optimally combine risk and return....

If you're unemployed and can't pay your bills, which is better: to withdraw money from a 401(k) or take out a loan from your parents? Proceed carefully in either case....

A floor broker, also known as a "pit broker," is an independent member of an exchange who is authorized to execute trades on the exchange floor....

A house call is a brokerage firm's demand that a customer cover a shortfall in the amount deposited to cover losses in purchases made on margin....

Sovereign default is a failure by a government to repay its country's debts....

Taxes are a mandatory contribution levied on corporations or individuals to finance government activities and public services....

A Medicare Advantage plan may help you lower non-covered health costs, but there are definite tradeoffs compared to classic Medicare/Medigap....

A mission statement is a single sentence or short paragraph that is used by a company to explain its existence....

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index tracks the changes in the overall value of the U.S. residential market over time....

The Glass-Steagall Act—established in 1933 and repealed in 1999—separated commercial banking and investment banking....

These are the consumer discretionary stocks with the best value, fastest growth, and most momentum for July 2022....

Current student loan interest rates and ranges for July 2022...

Read about some of the primary methodological and practical differences between IFRS and GAAP, the two primary financial reporting standards systems....

Learn about monopolistic and perfectly competitive markets, what they are, and the main differences between them....

The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is an investment theory stating that share prices reflect all information and consistent alpha generation is impossible....

LPX, CSL, and PWR are the industrial stocks with the best value, fastest growth, and most momentum for July 2022....

These are the tech stocks with the best value, fastest growth, and most momentum for July 2022....

A vocational degree is a qualification awarded to students who have completed the academic requirements for a specific trade or career....

In episode 92 of the Investopedia Express with Caleb Silver, we talk to Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute....

Sweat equity is unpaid labor employees and cash-strapped entrepreneurs put into a project, whether it's for a start-up or to renovate a property....

After sinking mid-week, the 30-year average edged up Friday, though it still sits well the 6% threshold....

Learn about capital expenditures, purchases which should be depreciated over the useful life of the asset expected to deliver long-term value....

Relationship managers work to improve business relationships with partner firms and clients and to improve reputations in the markets where they operate....

The story of how Instagram went from launch to billion-dollar acquisition in 18 months....

The new Autograph Credit Card is reminiscent of the discontinued Propel Card....

A null hypothesis is a type of statistical hypothesis that proposes that no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations....

Compare mortgage rates across 18 different products for both purchase and refinance and see how they stack up across the country....

The right mortgage can make your dream of owning a home a reality. We researched and reviewed the best 20-year mortgage rates, all collected here....

The right mortgage can make your dream of owning a home a reality. We researched and collected the best 15-year loan offers....

P/E ratios and EPS may be the established standards for valuation, but earnings yields are especially useful for comparing returns across different instruments....

Opportunity cost is the potential forgone profit from a missed opportunity—the result of choosing one alternative and forgoing another....

Shares of cruise line operators jumped Friday after Carnival forecast a profit for the current quarter, lifting shares of Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH)...

Data analytics is the science of analyzing raw data in order to make conclusions about that information....

Stock appreciation rights (SARs) are a type of employee compensation linked to the company's stock price during a predetermined period....

Real income, also known as real wage, is how much money an individual or entity makes after accounting for inflation....

Warren Buffett has consistently ranked highly on Forbes' list of billionaires. He has a careful methodology for evaluating value stocks and investing....

Depreciation is an accounting method of allocating the cost of a tangible asset over its useful life to account for declines in value over time....

Return on equity (ROE) is a measure of financial performance calculated by dividing net income by shareholders' equity....

Return on investment (ROI) is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or compare the efficiency of several investments....

Learn which countries are among the top 25 economies in the world. The United States has been the largest for over a century, but China may soon overtake it....

Interim Assistant Director and Family & Community Wellness Program Leader Carrie Johnson breaks down what kind of student loan is right for you....

Growth recession describes an economy that is growing at such a slow pace that more jobs are being lost than are being added....

An overview of the 10 wealthiest members of the U.S. Senate, and how they made their fortunes....

The centipede game in game theory involves two players alternately getting a chance to take the larger share of an increasing money stash....

The saver's tax credit is meant to encourage tax-advantaged savings in retirement accounts, and offers a tax credit based on the size of the contributions....

Are you deciding on a career in accounting? Having an accounting certification may be the boost your career needs, but there are many different types....

The KYC or Know Your Client form ensures investment advisors know details about their clients' risk tolerance, investment knowledge, and finances....

The list of names and amounts of U.S. debt held by the five foreign countries that own the most and why....