Prasit photo/Getty Images A brokerage account is an account that allows you to purchase securities like stocks, bonds, cryptocurrency, mutual funds and ETFs. By investing in these assets through a brokerage account, you can build significant wealth over time. Opening a brokerage account makes sense for people who have additional savings after building an emergency … Read more
An index fund is an investment fund – either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund (ETF) – that is based on a preset basket of stocks, or index. This index may be created by the fund manager itself or by another company such as an investment bank or a brokerage. These fund managers then … Read more
Options are among the most popular vehicles for traders, because their price can move fast, making (or losing) a lot of money quickly. Options strategies can range from quite simple to very complex, with a variety of payoffs and sometimes odd names. (Iron condor, anyone?) Regardless of their complexity, all options strategies are based on … Read more
Cryptocurrency, especially Bitcoin, has proven to be a popular trading vehicle, even if legendary investors such as Warren Buffett think it’s as good as worthless. Part of cryptocurrency’s popularity is due to its volatility, since these swings allow traders to make money on the price moves. For example, at the start of 2017, the price of … Read more