How Normal Investors Can Use the Same Strategies as Hedge Funds

For decades, hedge fund style strategies have been used almost exclusively by wealthiest investors. Here’s how regular investors can use similar tactics. Read more

Chart: The Rise of ETFs and Passive Investing

The rise of ETFs has been meteoric, and passive investing has been huge since the crisis. However, as a whole, passive has barely made a dent on active funds. Read more

Picking Investments is Nothing Like Buying a New Car

As consumers, we’re used to approaching buying decisions in a certain way. However, it turns out that process makes little sense for picking investments. Read more

How Wall Street Fools You Into Overpaying for Underperformance

Fees are a silent killer that slowly erodes the value of a portfolio. Instead, it lines the pockets of brokers, fund managers, and big name Wall Street firms. Read more

Where Investors Put Their Money in 2018

This infographic breaks down investment flows into funds (mutual funds, ETFs, etc.) over the course of 2018 to show how and when investors changed strategies. Read more

In One Chart: Two Decades of Stock Ownership in America

In 2020, approximately 55% of Americans owned some form of stock. That’s 5 percentage points lower than U.S. stock ownership in 2000. Read more

Visualizing the Top Investments Used by Financial Advisors

From ETFs to private equity funds, we show the top investments that financial advisors used with their clients over 2023. Read more

Charted: The Most Popular Investing Strategies, by Generation

Buy and hold remains the most popular investing strategy across generations, with Baby Boomers relying on this strategy the most. Read more