Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor ...

Bitcoin gains can vanish quickly, even after major rallies. Political hype can move crypto prices, but rarely sustains them. A small stake limits risk in a market driven by speculation. From the ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

62% of U.S. adults hold stocks, with mutual funds and retirement accounts most common. Wealth distribution is skewed: the top 10% own 87% of stocks, while the bottom 50% own just 1%. Baby boomers ...

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 ...

The US stock market finished 2025 up more than 17% according to the Morningstar US Market Index. At the start of 2026, stocks were trading 4% below our fair value estimate. What might that mean for ...

The US market is starting to look a little less expensive, and more high-quality companies are looking undervalued. Regardless of where the markets are headed, investors may want to own companies that ...