Investing is hard. It seems so simple in theory—all you have to do is buy low and sell high, right? But there’s a reason those Wall Street bigwigs command the kind of salaries that would make King Midas himself blush. What’s the reason? We just told you like two sentences ago. Investing is hard. There … Read more
Of all the industries that have been most affected by technology, entertainment may be the most visible and the most exciting. Sure, medical nanobots that can cure cancer are cool, and those Boston Dynamics robots can do some cool parkour, but let’s be real: that stuff’s for nerds. The cool stuff, the sci-fi stuff that … Read more
It’s good to have options. That’s true of clothes, ice cream flavors, cars, potential romantic partners, and the contents of your portfolio. And if you want to make money trading call and put options, its good to have a service like the Motley Fool Options service. Whether you are new to options, or an experienced … Read more
Today’s investors have an ever-growing list of sites and services to choose from when deciding where to get their information, run their screeners, chart their picks against technical indicators, and every other investing-related activity. If they actually want to trade stocks on any of the insights they garner from all their legwork, however, they usually … Read more
Eventually we’ll all be authorizing purchases by submitting to retina scans or letting the clerk at Kroger scan the chip Elon Musk wants to implant in all our heads. It’ll be a beautiful world where even using your Google Pay to buy stuff will get the same reaction that seeing an old woman write a … Read more
Sometimes investing seems more like a crapshoot than an art, let alone a science. You can pore over data and manipulate charts for hours, read through every submission to the SEC, stare at the fundamentals and calculate ratios until your head starts throbbing and your eyes start bleeding and still make the wrong play. The … Read more
How do you pick the perfect stocks? What goes into the creation of the ultimate investing strategies? Does anyone know how to deliver the kind of consistent above-market returns that everyone wants but almost no one can provide? Where do investors turn for some of the best, most accurate information and insights out there? Zacks. … Read more
The Holy Grail of investing is as obvious as it is elusive: It’s a winning formula for managing investments that returns above-market returns year after year. It’s the kind of pursuit that seems perfectly feasible for new investors fresh out of Finance 101 classes armed with basic formulas and a half-read copy of Security Analysis… … Read more
Square Inc (now Block, Inc) launched Cash App back in 2013 for one purpose: to be an app. For cash. It wasn’t a guaranteed win at the time. Their biggest competitor, Venmo, had already been on the market for four years, and Cash App had a lot of ground to cover if it wanted to … Read more
Introduction Healthcare just keeps getting more expensive. Insurance premiums shoot up year after year, employers are willing to cover less and less of the cost, and there’s no sign of anything changing anytime soon. Americans are increasingly turning to high-deductible plans to save money on premiums, but they don’t call it a high deductible health … Read more
