Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Investors often lean into valuation ratios to determine what a company’s stock is worth. Why? Such ratios are easy to calculate and easy to find. Price/earnings ratio: A stock’s price divided by the ...

There are two general types of investors: Growth investors and value investors. Here, we explore the benefits of being a value investor, and how to find success using this method. Value investing is a ...

Value analysis is the best approach to identifying great bargains. Though price-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-sales (P/S) valuation tools are more commonly used for stock selection, the price-to-book ...

Cost basis is the original purchase price of an asset. Tracking cost basis is key to tax-efficient investing. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

$34 Billion Apple Gain Quarter-to-Date. Trading Like Bank Despite Different Fundamentals. Fairly Cheap on Absolute Basis, Very Cheap on Relative Basis. At current market levels, I expect Berkshire ...

UBS is the last major Swiss bank after acquiring Credit Suisse for $3 billion in 2023. The integration has been costly and has weighed on UBS's Earnings and Return on Equity, but it's still not done.