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Understanding the Fear & Greed Index

Which Emotion Is Currently Driving the Market TL;DR The fear and greed index provides a metric for investor sentiment, suggests which prevailing emotion is currently

The Motherhood Penalty

The motherhood penalty shows that in the workplace, working mothers experience disadvantages in pay and benefits relative to childless women and fathers.

2 Stocks That Prove the Economy Is Fine

Ignore the Noise, Focus on the Facts TL;DR The media was tossing around the term ‘stagflation’ again last week. But a closer look at inflation,

Want a Raise? Quit Your Job

The FTC just banned noncompete agreements TL;DR The Federal Trade Commission’s decision last Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompete agreements between employers and employees should

Dividend Stock of the Month: CHRD

An Under-the-Radar Oil Stock With Crazy Cash Flow If you’ve been reading Rise & Hedge for a while, you know we like high-yield investments and

4 Moves for Financial Literacy Month

Spring Cleaning Your Personal Finances TL;DR April’s Financial Literacy Month. These four moves — starting a college savings account, taking advantage of high yields while

IPOs Are Making a Comeback

2024 Has Seen Some Big IPOs, but Are They Worth It? Last month, financial media couldn’t stop talking about two initial public offerings. The first

This ETF Is Surging Because of the Insurance Crisis

Underwriters Are Price Gouging Americans Last month, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell attributed lingering inflation to the fact that the American economy is increasingly “uninsurable.”

Profit Like a Politician

Elected Officials Use Inside Information — So Can You In February 2020 on the eve of the pandemic, then-Senator Kelly Loeffler and then-Senator Richard Burr,

How to Profit From America’s Largest Generation

This ETF Mirrors Millennial Spending Habits Millennials have taken a lot of heat over the years. Much of that criticism has come from out-of-touch mainstream

A Student Loan Forgiveness Primer

Here Are the Facts About the Hot-Button Issue We often focus on investment opportunities. But as a well-rounded personal finance newsletter, we report on other

Investing in America’s Gambling Addiction

Casinos Once Again Saw Record Revenues in 2023 What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas … with some exceptions. Given its reputation for legalized sex

Take Buffett’s Advice 1 Step Farther

The Average Investor Can’t Beat This Index Fund Americans hear a lot of questionable hot takes from senior citizens. That’s largely why this year’s presidential

3 Moves to Make Before Rates Fall

Smart Investments Before the Fed Cuts Interest Rates If you’ve never heard of CME FedWatch Tool, you’re not alone. It’s an obscure apparatus of the

Forget Sexy… Boring Stocks Win

Focusing Your Portfolio on Glitz & Glam Is a Mistake TL;DR Investors can easily be drawn to headline-grabbing stocks, like unprofitable tech companies or overhyped

Is It Time to Reconsider REITs?

REITs Look to Recover After a Painful Year Over the course of the pandemic, we learned some irrefutable truths. Among them: That last one’s germane

Owning These Stocks Is Like Burning Money

Do Not Buy These Stocks. Commercial Airlines Have Been Destroying Portfolio. Air traffic’s up. Airfare’s up. Permissible luggage weight is down. Yet 2024 isn’t off

The Ultimate Tech ETF

An All-in-One Big Tech Investment Tech had a big year in 2023, and for loyalists, it was rewarding after 2022’s portfolio-obliterating losses. Of the 11

Will You Avoid the Un-Retirement Trend?

Older Americans Are Returning to the Workforce in Record Numbers The new year always fills people with hope and optimism. It’s why we make resolutions.

A Year in Review

Not Every Pick’s a Winner, But Most Are It’s almost 2024, so what better time for a year-in-review than now? With the calendar about to

Should You Be Using a Robo-Advisor?

Algorithms, Not Stockbrokers, Deserve Your Attention There’s a reason characters like Gordon Gekko and Jordan Belfort live on in infamy throughout the decades: greed. It’s

Looking Ahead to 2024

Falling Gas Prices, Corporate Campaign Donations & Money Market Rates Like any year, 2023 has had its financial ups and downs: Last week, Merriam-Webster chose

2 E-Commerce Stocks for Cyber Monday

These Companies Profit From America’s Shopping Addiction Americans have an affinity for some things the rest of the world doesn’t quite understand. NASCAR, frivolous lawsuits

How to Find Stocks on Your Own

Financial Pundits Are Less Accurate Than Meteorologists Stock screener /ˈstŏk screen-erˈ/ noun: a search tool that helps investors find stocks that meet certain criteria based

3 Ways to Invest in America’s Food Surplus

The U.S. Produces More Food Than It Can Consume Hunger isn’t unique to America. It’s so widespread that the United Nations prioritized it second of

Taylor Swift & the Billionaire Club

But Celebrity Wealth Isn’t Your Goal Pop culture isn’t really our thing. Perhaps if TMZ had a financial vertical, it would be. But TMZ and

3 Garbage Stocks

Waste management companies make big $ hauling our refuse. America’s #1 in a lot of categories we wish we weren’t. Homelessness, for-profit prison population, per

Big Oil’s Big Comeback

Domestic Production Just Hit an All-Time High These days, you can’t drive anywhere without passing a Tesla. You can’t read financial news without seeing a

3 ETFs With BDE (Big Dividend Energy)

Income Investors Will Love These Funds According to a recent SoFi poll, of the five most popular investments right now, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ranked last