Many ETFs and stock pros use artificial intelligence in an effort to get an edge. But most still don’t outperform their benchmark.

The market for new offerings has thawed recently, and everyday investors can participate in IPOs through several different ...

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Investing in stocks can be a practical way to grow wealth but you must approach it wisely. A huge part of this is understanding the ins and outs of the stock market. But stock investing often ...

Time is the secret ingredient of investing, a market veteran says. Over many decades, diversified stock index funds have ...

Start investing with a basic understanding of how it works -- and which rookie mistakes to avoid. Here are some of the most tried-and-true ways to put your money to work for you.

Certain stocks are good bets to lose money, regardless of how the overall market performs. What these bad bets have in common is that they are relatively difficult to short. That difficulty traces to ...

When investing pros say a stock looks cheap, discounted or overpriced, they’re often using a valuation metric, such as ...

Many say they hold cash “in case” stocks tumble. But what’s the cost of all that cash? Usually those investors hold “dry ...

Vanguard, the investment firm, predicts the U.S. stock market as a whole will rise by an underwhelming 3.8% to 5.8% a year ...

The Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 have both recently hit correction territory. Predicting things is hard, but a bear market is a real possibility.

Mark Hulbert Yes, this stock market is hard to predict — but it always is. Here’s what’s even harder. It’s difficult to overcome ‘hindsight bias’ — thinking that investing was easier ...