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Behavioral Finance
What is the VIX (fear index) and why does it matter?
In the world of investing, there’s a constant battle between two powerful emotions: greed and fear. Greed drives markets to…
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Investments
How Insider Trading Investigations Work
In the world of finance, few crimes capture the public imagination like insider trading. We picture secret meetings in parking…
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Stock Exchange
Why Foreign Companies List on the US Stock Exchange (ADRs Explained)
Have you ever wondered how you can buy stock in a Japanese company like Toyota or a Taiwanese semiconductor giant…
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Stocks
What happens to stocks when a company declares bankruptcy?
For any investor, it’s the nightmare scenario. A company you’ve invested in, a business you believed in, announces the worst…
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Behavioral Finance
The psychology of panic selling on the stock market
It’s a feeling that every investor, from the novice to the seasoned pro, knows in their gut. You open your…
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Stocks
How global events like oil shocks influence US stocks
In our interconnected world, the idea that a political conflict or a production decision half a world away can directly…
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Stock Exchange
The Federal Reserve’s Role in Market Volatility
On certain days of the year, the entire financial world holds its breath. Trillion-dollar investment firms, seasoned Wall Street traders,…
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Stocks
What happens to stocks during hyperinflation?
In the world of finance, we often talk about inflation in measured terms—a few percentage points here or there. But…
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Stocks
How corporate actions (mergers, splits, spin-offs) affect stock prices
As an investor, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily rhythm of the market. We watch the charts,…
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Stock Exchange
How Market Indexes Are Created (Dow Jones vs. S&P 500)
Every single day, we are bombarded with numbers from the financial world. News anchors solemnly report that “the market is…
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