Britannica Money: Where your financial journey begins

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The energy market: Oil, solar, and everything in between

Investing in energy, from fossil fuels to renewables.

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How companies use forward guidance to shape investor expectations

And why it matters as much as the numbers themselves.

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Fixed-income barbell strategies: Balancing flexibility and yieldStrength and durability training for your bond portfolio.
Oil benchmarks: Why crude prices aren’t one-size-fits-allSweet vs. sour; light vs. heavy.
When companies share the upside: How profit-sharing bonuses workA welcome windfall.

Household Finance

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Household Finance

Should you rent or buy your home? Weighing the costs and benefits

Planting roots or rolling stone?

Should you use a credit union or a bank?Your money, your choice.

Checking account vs. savings account: Choose one or choose bothTools to power your budgeting, saving, and goal planning.

Investing

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Are markets efficient? How Eugene Fama kicked off a controversy

Research is futile?

Harry Markowitz and modern portfolio theoryWhatever you call it, MPT revolutionized finance.

How the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) changed investingYou probably use it, even if you don’t know it.

Trading

S&P 500 vs. Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)

What kind of mood is the market in? Check the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)

Shaken or stirred?

Cryptocurrency futures: A new way to ride the crypto wave, with some old-school trading twistsCrypto not risky enough for you? Add leverage.

Digital tokens: 8 types of crypto coinsDifferent kinds serve different purposes.

Retirement

Documents labeled Last Will & Testament and Living Trust.

Will vs. living trust: What’s the difference?

Estate planning 101.

Your guide to small business retirement plansGet the best bang for your benefit bucks.

Is it time to rebalance your retirement portfolio?Check your asset allocation.

Companies

Aeroflot

Russian airline

Agfa-Gevaert NVGerman-Belgian corporation

Air CanadaCanadian airline

Biographies

Steve Ballmer

American businessman

Reed HastingsAmerican entrepreneur

James MurdochBritish businessman

Finance & the Economy

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Finance & the Economy

government assistance

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