Not only are precious metals beautiful, they are a great investment. Rather than bringing home bricks of gold and platinum though, you are better off investing in a precious metals mutual fund. What makes these funds better investments?
Initial public offerings (IPO) often serve as a company's coming out party. Investors line up to purchase newly offered stock, sending the stock price -- and the company's net worth -- into the stratosphere. See more »
Initial public offerings (IPOs) are as high as high finance gets. When popular, formerly private companies decide to offer shares of its stock to the public, the price of that stock can skyrocket quite easily. Here are 10 companies whose IPOs reached the stratosphere. See more »
Buying stocks on margin is a way to maximize profits when stock prices rise, but it's a risky move that can wipe your portfolio clean. Take this quiz to see exactly how you can go broke on a margin call. See more »
Before most people were even aware there was an economic crisis, investment managers looked for lucrative investments. What they settled on was oil futures, and those futures brought speculation. See more »
Millions of people trade billions of shares of stock every day on a collection of computer systems that are incredibly reliable and, very nearly, inerrant. Learn about the complex world of electronic trading. See more »
Initial public offerings have been around for centuries -- every company with shares that are publicly traded on the stock market had an IPO at one point. Find out what an IPO is and how it makes people rich. See more »
If you ever get a chance to buy a blue-chip stock, you'd jump on it -- but what if you can't afford to buy all the shares you'd like? You can open a margin account and borrow the money, but be careful: You can go completely broke if things go south. See more »
Find out what a NASDAQ IPO is and see cool videos from a recent HowStuffWorks trip to this Wall Street wonder. See more »
The NASDAQ opening and closing cross process allows NASDAQ to calculate the correct average of a stock price during off-market hours. Read more and watch a video on how this process works. See more »
The NASDAQ MarketSite broadcast studio is an amazing facility that can host dozens of reporters simultaneously and send direct feeds out to all of their separate news organizations. Learn about the technology behind the NASDAQ MarketSite. See more »
