Understanding Investors: Types and Their Roles in Finance

Discover what investors do and explore various types like angel investors, venture capitalists, and more. Learn how they ...

Net Change Explained: How It Works and Its Role in Stock Analysis

Net change measures a security's price difference from one day to the next. Learn its role in stock analysis, how it's used ...
American Council on Science and Health

The Congressional Stock Portfolio: How Congressional Leaders Outperform the Market

If Americans traded stocks using the kind of nonpublic information available to Congress, they’d face investigations, fines, ...
The Stock Dork

Primary vs Secondary Markets: IPOs and Stock Trading Explained in Plain English

If you are new to investing, the idea of primary vs secondary markets can feel confusing at first. You may hear about ...
The Stock Dork

The Concept of Market Capitalization and Why It Matters

If you are new to investing, you have likely seen the term market capitalization while looking up stocks. It often appears ...
Barron's

A Stock Market Priced for Perfection Can Still Have a Very Good Year

Christmas week sparked a Santa Claus rally, but a stock market that’s posted three straight years of above-average gains will have to wrestle with a simple fact of life—it’s incredibly hard to stay ...
Morningstar

Weekly Market Wrap: Stocks Extend 2025 Rally as Basic Materials, Tech Rise

Yields on 10-year US Treasury notes fell to 4.14% from 4.16%. Yields on 2-year US Treasury notes fell to 3.46% from 3.48%. West Texas Intermediate crude prices rose 0.69% to $56.93 per barrel. Comex ...
USA Today

Is the stock market open or closed Christmas Day 2025? See holiday schedule

United States stock markets will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday after closing early on Christmas Eve. Stock and bond markets will reopen on Dec. 26, and it will ...
The Motley Fool

Stock Market Today, Dec. 23: American Airlines Falls After Tightening AAdvantage Rules for Basic Economy Fares

Howard Smith is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering technology and industrial stocks. Prior to The Motley Fool, Howard spent nearly 30 years supervising quality and operations in ...
USA Today

Is the stock market open or closed on Christmas Eve 2025? What to know

If you're looking to buy or trade on the stock market this holiday season, it might be a good idea to plan ahead. The U.S. bond market will also have an early closure on Dec. 24, with markets set to ...
The American Prospect

Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference after the final House votes of the year, December 18, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo Last ...
Reuters

Wall Street banks prepare for round-the-clock stock trading, reluctantly

NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Round-the-clock trading is fast approaching U.S. stock markets, but not all of Wall Street is embracing the move. Several of the largest U.S. banks are reluctant to push ...