Payment giant, Visa announced in a statement on Monday (Jan. 13), that the company has made a move to acquire Silicon Valley startup, Plaid. This is a deal that is worth $5.3 billion.Plaid's API softw...
Long-term equity anticipation securities (LEAPS) are option contracts that are publicly traded with expiration dates that are longer than one year. LEAPS grant a buyer the advantage to purchase or sel...
“Short selling amounts to betting that a given stock will decline in value- in Wall Street lingo, that’s called having a “short” possession. Having a long possession means you actually own the...
What are stock options?Stock options give investors the right to either buy or sell a stock at an agreed price and date. Stock options serve as a right and not an obligation. Just like other classes o...
What Is a Cryptocurrency?A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that makes use of a peer-to-peer system for a transaction to take place between users. It makes use of blockchain technology ...
Retirement savings are taking a new turn in recent times compared to the traditional pension system. Through the 401(k) income earners or employees have a well-structured and more diversified retireme...
On Wednesday (Jan 8), department store operator, Macy's Inc. ( NYSE: M) reported a marginal fall in holiday period same-store sales. This was surprising to investors as they were bracing for a sharper...
Investing in properties can be a way of making extra cash besides your usual income. Like every business, there are people who have earned a fortune by just investing in properties. As an investor, yo...
Compared to stocks, mutual funds, or ETFs investing in private equity may not be so appealing to many investors. This could be a result of a lack of interest or misinformation about investing in priva...
With a booming stock market, we always sell stocks higher than the price at which it was bought. Even though the stock market is not highly volatile, we can never be very sure of what the market will ...