Tag: investment
The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
Désirée Lim, Penn State
For many Americans today, homeownership is an unattainable dream.
In 2022, the...
What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social...
Luciana Echazú, University of New Hampshire and Diego C. Nocetti, Clarkson University
Environmental, social and governance business standards and...
Bitcoin: why its value has rocketed once again
Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading
Bitcoin’s journey into mainstream finance has reached another major milestone – and another record...
How to invest if you’re worried a recession is coming
Alexander Kurov, West Virginia University
Although the U.S. economy continues to grow and add jobs, talk of a recession is increasingly in the air due...
How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivals
Benjamin A.T. Graham, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The ongoing trade war is the most visible front in...
What’s an index fund?
Jordan Schoenfeld, Georgetown University
The creation of the index fund in 1975 revolutionized investing, lowering costs for millions of ordinary investors.
Their inventor John Bogle died...
Stumped by the stock market slump? Start by picturing a used...
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University
Stocks have been slumping on a variety of concerns, from President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war with China to worries...
Capital gains and why they matter – a tax expert explains
Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan
The Trump administration wants to change the way capital gains are taxed to factor in inflation.
To many, this may...