NEW YORK (AP) — Interested in trading some of the stocks that have rocked Wall Street recently fueled by social media buzz? Has the craziness of the comments talking up the so-called meme stocks...
NEW YORK (AP) — The cost of investing keeps dropping as savvier investors push companies to lower or do away with high fees and commissions.
NEW YORK (AP) — Brace yourself before checking how your funds performed in the first quarter, which officially ends Saturday. Many likely lost money.
After a years-long stretch when most mutual funds and exchange-traded funds powered higher quarter after quarter, investors are rediscovering the pain of volatility. The vast majority of funds have turned in losses for the first quarter after a rocky few weeks wiped out what had been the stock market's best start to a year in decades.
NEW YORK (AP) — Brace yourself before checking how your funds performed in the first quarter, which officially ends Saturday. Many likely lost money.
After a years-long stretch when most mutual funds and exchange-traded funds powered higher quarter after quarter, investors are rediscovering the pain of volatility. The vast majority of funds are on track to close the first quarter with losses after a rocky few weeks wiped out what had been the stock market's best start to a year in decades.
From the Republican-led federal tax reform package signed into law last week by President Donald Trump to his predecessor's sweeping overhaul of health care, government policies can often benefit some companies and hurt others.
That dynamic is something investors can work with to identify companies that could make big gains, or to short shares in those that may face turbulence should unfavorable legislation win passage or a federal agency impose new rules.
Exchange-traded funds have swept the stock market over the past decade and been a blessing for many investors. But while large index-based funds, such as those that track the Standard & Poor's 500, may fairly represent the index's stocks, smaller niche ETFs don't always deliver strictly what their names promise, and you might wind up indirectly buying a lot of something you didn't really want.
Mutual funds' investment strategies can vary widely, with some focusing on aggressive growth, while others have a less risky style that would appeal to fixed-income investors.
Then there are funds like Swan Global Investment's Defined Risk Fund (SDRAX), which take a hybrid approach.
The fund, which launched in 2012, invests primarily in exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, but also plays the options market with the goal of hedging against big market slumps.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The irrepressible Winklevoss twins, known for having sued Mark Zuckerberg over the idea for Facebook, have suffered a setback from federal regulators in their push to expand the use of bitcoin to a wider universe of investors.
The Securities and Exchange Commission rejected Friday a proposed Winklevoss exchange-traded fund that could have opened the digital currency to larger numbers of ordinary investors.
NEW YORK (AP) — It took a while, but investors are beginning to believe this bull can fly.
One of the greatest runs for the stock market in history is marking its eighth anniversary, and this time investors are joining the party. They're putting more dollars into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that invest in U.S. stocks, a turnaround from earlier years, even though critics see a long list of reasons for caution.