NerdWallet Investing – Financial Markets Tools & Research

MORE IN stocks

shutterstock_103657226

What Is A Hedge Fund: Opportunity and Diversification But Not For Everyone

May 7, 2013

See also: looking to invest like the major hedge funds?  Open up a brokerage account with one of NerdWallet’s recommended online brokers to get started today.   The term “hedge fund” has taken on a [...]

READ MORE

shutterstock_119640424

Investing For Women: Why Women Make Excellent Investors

May 6, 2013

By Guest Contributor Nancy Tengler, author of The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Stock Investing. One thing is sure: women are increasing their role in business.  According to a report published by the Small Business Association [...]

READ MORE

shutterstock_70259503

Study: 81% of Americans Don’t Know How to Open an Online Brokerage Account

May 1, 2013

NerdWallet found that 4 out of 5 Americans don’t know what type of account to open to start investing – do you? 81.4% of the 844 Americans surveyed incorrectly identified the type of account to [...]

READ MORE

shutterstock_124098793

Wall Street is Often Wrong at Turning Points: One more reason to invest for the long-term

April 23, 2013

By Guest Contributor Nancy Tengler. NerdWallet Investing recently published a study reviewing the effectiveness of Wall Street analyst recommendations.  The study found that 49% of their buy, sell or hold ratings were incorrect in 2012.  And, [...]

READ MORE

a-broker640

How to Open An Online Brokerage Account in 5 Steps

April 9, 2013

Finding the right online brokerage account for your investing needs is more of a science than an art, yet retail investors find it hard to navigate the 60+ options of available accounts.  To help, NerdWallet [...]

READ MORE

SC

Scottrade vs. eTrade: Which is the Better Online Broker?

April 1, 2013

E*TRADE and Scottrade have over 250 billion in client assets combined. E*TRADE is much bigger, but size is not the only thing investors and traders are concerned about. Both these major online brokerages receive NerdWallet’s [...]

READ MORE

shutterstock_2289412

How to Reduce Your Fear of Investing

April 1, 2013

By Guest Contributor Nancy Tengler. Recently InvestingNerd released an investment literacy study finding that “many Americans avoid investing due to uncertainty or fear of losing money.” The operative word is fear.  When faced with the [...]

READ MORE

shutterstock_79728013

How The Cyprus Bailout Will Impact Forex Trading

March 25, 2013

We finally got there: Eurozone and Troika ministers have agreed upon a €10billion Cyprus bailout plan at the second time of asking. The important new clause in the deal is that all bank deposits under [...]

READ MORE

shutterstock_67448887

Dividends On the Rise: Why This May Not Be a Good Sign for Investors

March 20, 2013

American companies are sending record amounts of cash back to shareholders, largely in the form of dividends. NerdWallet looks at what’s driving this trend and dividend theory – when should a company issue a dividend, [...]

READ MORE

investmentsurvey-blog (1)

Study Finds Americans Have Poor Understanding of Online Investing

March 18, 2013

It is widely documented that many Americans lack knowledge of critical personal finance principles, but what about when it comes to the basics of online investing? An online investing survey by NerdWallet Investing found an [...]

READ MORE