If you are new to investing, the idea of primary vs secondary markets can feel confusing at first. You may hear about ...

Net change measures a security's price difference from one day to the next. Learn its role in stock analysis, how it's used ...

This year has rolled out in explosive fashion for the stock market, with tariff wars, high inflation and technology realignment defining market trends and trading experiences. Gone are the manual ...

Stock futures play a central role in modern financial markets, offering investors a way to anticipate market direction, manage risk, and express ...

We recently updated our Intern’s Guide to the Market Structure Galaxy. Today, we graduate to how trading works. In our guide to market structure, we talked about who trades and how quotes across the ...

In an era defined by economic uncertainty, rising living costs, and a workforce increasingly detached from traditional career ...

The stock market is the magic beans of retirement. It can take your $500 per month and turns it into a $1 million nest egg by retirement. While to the untrained observer, such financial growth can ...

The traditional U.S. trading window is 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding weekends and holidays. Twenty-four/seven trading allows investors to continue trading certain assets outside these standard market ...

If you are new to investing, you have likely seen the term market capitalization while looking up stocks. It often appears ...

The final days of 2025 are upon us, and with them come the last set of trading holidays now that the Christmas break is in the rear-view mirror.

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