Investment

According to Yale University’s Crash Confidence Index, only about 24% of investors are confident the stock market will not crash sometime during the next six… Read More »Best-Performing Asset Classes

What has upswings and downturns, troughs, peaks, and plateaus? Though such terms could easily describe a roller coaster ride, they are also commonly used to… Read More »The Business Cycle

Ancient Chinese merchants were said to have developed a unique way to manage their risk. They would divide their shipments among several different vessels. That… Read More »A Look at Diversification

“If the current annual inflation rate is 7.9 percent, why do my bills seem like they’re 10 percent higher than last year?”1 Many of us… Read More »Inflation & Your Money

The growth of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has been explosive. In 2005, there were less than 500; by the latter half of 2021, there were over… Read More »Mutual Funds vs. ETFs

Everyone loves a winner. If an investment is successful, most people naturally want to stick with it. But is that the best approach? It may… Read More »Rebalancing Your Portfolio

It doesn’t take a degree in finance to see that the cost of college continues to rise. In its 2021 report, the College Board showed… Read More »Estimating the Cost of College

In February 2018, Jerome Powell was appointed as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He became the 16th chair to… Read More »TIPS for Inflation

There is no shortage of analysis for anyone interested in investing. A search for the term “stock market analysis” turned up over one billion results… Read More »Types of Stock Market Analysis

Have you ever taken a close look at paper money? Each U.S. bill has the words “Federal Reserve Note” imprinted across the top. But many… Read More »How the Federal Reserve Works