Investing

The US stock market has a long history of producing double-digit yearly returns. The average yearly return for the S&P 500 is 10.502% over the last 100 years. In this article, you’ll find statistics on the average stock market performance […]

You probably see a lot of articles discussing the top-performing stocks over the last one, five, or 10 years. But what you don’t see as often is how those former great performers are doing now. Let’s take a look back […]

Learn how to maximize your retirement savings and passive investment returns by looking at the expense ratio (fees) of your ETFs and mutual funds. Higher than needed investment fees could cost you as much as HALF of your retirement nest […]

Everyone should passively invest at least some money in the stock market. Over time, it is like a saving account on steroids. And who doesn’t want a jacked investment account!? Passive investing means doing almost nothing…just collect profits. And it […]

Amgen Inc. (AMGN)—a diversified biotechnology company with multiple therapies and drugs on the market—is near an entry point for a longer-term investment (6 months or more). AMGN has been a rising channel—albeit a messy one—going back to 2016. Throughout that […]

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is currently at a good buying point, and the wait for a great entry in this fundamentally strong stock is over. ADP has been in a long-term rising channel since 2009, with occasional drops of […]

This article highlights the differences between trading and investing and explains that both can be used together or separately. Trading involves taking short-term positions with the goal of profiting from short-term price fluctuations, while investing involves taking a long-term position […]

With interest rates rising in 2022 and the start of 2023, how will that affect the stock indices like the S&P 500? Let’s look at the data to find out. Logically, interest rates should affect stocks, since logically interest rates […]