Investing

CFA stands for "chartered financial analyst." Find out what this designation does and doesn't say about the person holding it.

Learn how you can create a diversified portfolio with bonds.

Learn how to spot three dishonest techniques that your broker might be using on you.

Find out how these highly leveraged funds operate.

Learn about some important signals that indicate a company may be in serious trouble.

Find out what value investing is and how you can put it to work for your investment portfolio.

Find out what an investing style is and how to figure out which one suits you.

ADRs can open up a whole new world for investors. Find out what they are and how they work.

Economics is divided into two broad categories: micro and macro. Find out what the difference is between them and where they overlap.

Dividend paying stocks can be a great help to an investors portfolio. Find out more.

Many investors are looking for a way to invest in oil. Find out how you can buy into black gold.

Find out what this yellow metal can do for you, and how to add it to your portfolio.

Find out how a CD ladder can protect you from interest rate risk.

Find out what bonds can do for your investment portfolio.

Learn the method and reasoning behind this contradictory investment strategy.

Learn the high-risks associated with hiring a gunslinger to manage your investments.

Learn how this price-weighted index performs and the ways to interpret its movements.

Learn how this value is used to determine the worth of a project.

Learn how this measure of change is used in trading currencies on the forex market.

Find out how to avoid these common investing errors that have sunk many investors' portfolios.

This specialty vehicle offers dramatic results, but can also magnify risk.

Learn how this annuity can provide you a steady stream of income for retirement.

As a cost-effective way to achieve a broadly diversified portfolio, including hard-to-own (but worthwhile) assets, ETFs are hard to beat.

Find out how variable annuities can help you plan for retirement by offering the returns of the stock market with the guarantee of insurance.

Boost your returns by learning the tax tricks and loopholes for your exchange-traded funds.

You can use these securities for more than just indexing. Explore the spectrum of possible ETF strategies.

Having a plan in terms of what asset classes you want to invest in is the first step for building an ETF portfolio says Som Seif, president of Claymore Investments, Inc.

Renowned currency analyst Kathy Lien notes that as the US heads into midterm elections, politicians often focus on China, and she thinks the Chinese yuan will be active this fall.

Todd Gordon, senior technical strategist at FOREX.com, shares a different way to look at Elliott Wave analysis and how he uses it daily while trading the currency markets.

Sometimes even the best-looking set-ups don’t work out, but trader Corey Rosenbloom explains how to develop the proper skills to overcome these setbacks and stay on track.

Though economists may view sovereign debt in terms of numbers, Kathy Lien says it's also a sentiment gauge, and successful recent debt auctions have kept euro traders bullish.

Wayne McDonell, chief currency coach at FX Bootcamp, reviews some of the techniques he uses to trade and analyze the FX markets.

Todd Gordon, senior technical strategist at FOREX.com, explains why currency and equity traders should closely monitor the spread between the various euro nation bonds.

Trader and author Ed Ponsi explains how he deals with sloppy trading patterns and how to apply fundamentals to gain a clearer picture of the market action.

Renowned currency expert Kathy Lien looks at other world currencies and their nation's economies to demonstrate that there are opportunities in forex outside of the US dollar.

Kathy Lien, director of currency research for GFT, discusses the recent intervention by the Bank of Japan to support the yen and how traders can potentially profit from it.

These technical indicators help investors to visualize trends by smoothing out price movements.

Real estate, like other investments, carries specific risks and rewards. Find out what investment real estate is and what it can do for you.

They may not eat brains, but zombie banks definitely hurt the economy. Find out more about this unstoppable horde.

The interaction between your risks and your time horizon influences every investment decision you make, whether you know it or not. Learn the basics here.

In the 1980s, John Bollinger developed the technique of using a moving average with two trading bands above and below it. Learn how this indicator works, and how you can apply it to your trading.

The foreign exchange market is a market where participants buy, sell, and exchange trillions of dollars worth of currencies daily. Learn the basics of the FX market.

Find out the aspects of each of these popular investment vehicles and how they can work for you.

Cash in the bank is what every company strives to achieve. Find out how to determine how much a company is generating and keeping.

To spot the signs of earnings manipulation, you need to know the different ways companies can inflate their figures.

Find out the meaning of this popular asset-backed security and its benefits for banks and investors.

Find out how this method of debt investment is used to finance various levels of government and private companies.