Tag: stocks
Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance...
Brad Greenwood, George Mason University
The day after an armed 18-year-old entered the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas,...
What’s insider trading and why it’s a big problem
Alexander Kurov, West Virginia University and Marketa Wolfe, Skidmore College
There’s a growing bipartisan push to prohibit members of...
Why are investors so cocky? They often have a biased memory...
Philip Fernbach, University of Colorado Boulder and Daniel Walters, INSEAD
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting...
Should Trump shut down the stock market? 4 questions answered
Jonathan T. Fluharty-Jaidee, West Virginia University
Editor’s note: Financial markets across the globe have plunged repeatedly in recent weeks over concerns about the growing economic...
Should investors buy marijuana stocks?
Sandra Woien, Arizona State University
Illinois recently became the 11th state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. As more states follow suit, legal cannabis spending...
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...
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...
What is insider trading, the crime Rep. Chris Collins was charged...
Jena Martin, West Virginia University and Karen Kunz, West Virginia University
The arrest of Congressman Chris Collins shines light on one of the sexier crimes...