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Stocks
What gives a stock its value?
When you look at a stock chart, you see a jagged line moving up and down, sometimes violently. On one…
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Stock Exchange
Why do stock prices change every second on the stock exchange?
If you have ever watched a financial news channel or opened a trading app, you have seen it: the ticker…
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Behavioral Finance
Why market downturns trigger irrational behavior
The screen is a sea of red. The Dow Jones is down 800 points. Your portfolio value has dropped significantly…
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Behavioral Finance
The psychology behind impulse buying
We have all been there. You walk into a store to buy a tube of toothpaste. Twenty minutes later, you…
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Behavioral Finance
How fear and greed drive market behavior
Wall Street is often depicted as a place of cold, hard numbers. We imagine supercomputers running complex algorithms, analysts crunching…
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Investments
Why does the price of gold rise during times of economic instability?
When the stock market is plummeting, headlines are filled with panic, and the economic future looks bleak, a strange thing…
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Stocks
What happens to the shares when a company goes private?
You’ve been tracking your investment portfolio, and one day, you see a news alert: one of the companies you own…
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Stocks
Checklist for analyzing any stock in 10 minutes
Investing in the stock market can feel overwhelming. You log into a financial news site and are immediately hit with…
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Brokerages
How to Build a Diversified Portfolio with Vanguard ETFs
If you’re new to investing, the entire concept can feel overwhelming. Wall Street jargon, complex charts, and the 24/7 “breaking…
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Brokerages
How Cryptocurrency Exchanges Differ from Stock Exchanges
On the surface, they look almost identical. You open an app, see a chart with green and red lines, type…
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