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Retained earnings are the monies a company has left over after paying dividends to its shareholders. It is an important tool that shows you how much money a company has to spend on other aspects of its business.

Return on equity is a significant financial ratio, and any investor looking for good companies to invest in should study their ROEs. It points out how well a corporation utilizes its money to generate income.

The term net worth may envision thoughts of multi-millionaires or real estate moguls — bigwigs rolling in big money. However, net worth applies to everyone, whether you have millions or much less.

The Fear and Greed Index is a relatively new phenomenon in the world of trading. It was created by CNN Money as a way of measuring how much traders are willing to spend on stocks during times of fear or greed.

Some investors turn to the Volatility Index, also known as the “fear index” or “stock market barometer” to gauge the sentiment of fellow stock market investors, to capitalize on anticipated market movements.

The concept of opportunity cost is important for both investing and most other decisions we make. At the most basic level, opportunity cost is a common-sense concept economists and investors frequently explore.

In today’s economy where savings accounts yield close to zero interest, asset prices surge, central banks create money on unprecedented levels and inflation rates are picking up, the idea of savings accounts is losing value.

The Standard and Poor’s 500 is a stock market index tracking the performance of 500 large companies listed on stock exchanges. Contrary to popular belief, these are not the 500 biggest companies but arguably the 500 most important companies.

Currently, we are witnessing a Cambrian explosion as many different Ethereum & general crypto wallets are popping up. While they differ in the broadness of their functionality, they have some common denominators. Read on.

A stock market, also called stock exchange, is a platform where investors can buy and sell stocks (also called shares) and bonds in publicly traded companies. Prices for stocks are determined by supply and demand.

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