Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Pioneers are trailblazers. They operate as agents of transformation and change. They think differently. They innovate and introduce a new order. In the late 1980s, a pair of trailblazing strategy ...

Twenty years ago, something happened when Pablo Peña sat in Prof. Gary Becker’s doctoral-level course at the University of Chicago. As the economist lectured on human capital theory, a concept he’d ...

Many REITs talk about Weighted Average Cost of Capital, or WACC. We look at three of them, from the Net Lease sector. While WACC is of some use empirically, it is Return On Equity that matters more.

Open, well-functioning, and integrated European capital markets are crucial to promote the single market and to attract the necessary investments, and thereby to boost the EU’s global competitiveness, ...

Capital gains count as taxable income and can affect your tax bracket, deductions and rates. They are taxed as short-term or long-term gains depending on how long you owned the asset and your total ...

How capital gains taxes work—and how you can minimize them Reviewed by Lea D. Uradu Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug It’s easy to get caught up in choosing investments and forget about the tax ...