When you buy stock in a company like McDonald's, Amazon, or Tesla, you're not just buying a piece of paper. You're becoming a shareholder - a partial owner of that business. But what does that actually mean? And what can you do (and not do) as a shareholder? Let's break it down. But first - […]
In 2026, the drone economy is starting to take off. That’s because drones are so much more than just taking cool aerial photos - drone companies are now focusing on things like taxi’s military equipment, and more. And while the low-altitude economy, as some experts call it, has been around for a few years, this […]
If you're looking to start investing but don't want to spend your days analyzing individual companies, you've probably come across three options: ETFs, mutual funds, and index funds. Here's the thing - they're all funds. They all let you invest in a group of companies instead of buying shares of Apple, Nvidia, or Tesla one […]
If you've ever checked the market before opening bell and seen headlines like "Stock futures point higher" or "Futures are down this morning," you might've wondered what that actually means. Stock futures sound complicated. Futures are a type of derivative investment - that means your investing based on the performance of an underlying asset like […]
What Is a CD (Certificate of Deposit)? A certificate of deposit (CD) is a savings account, but with a twist. You give a bank your money, they lock it up for a specific period (called the "term"), and they pay you a fixed interest rate in return. Think of it like this: you're lending the […]
Critical minerals have been a hot topic over the past year or so. The U.S. specifically has made strategic investments into some public companies that produce different critical minerals like: What’s going on? The world needs critical minerals for products, defense, construction, and more. They often have to rely on other countries to get it […]
Since late July 2025, the price of copper has jumped from around $4.35 per ounce to over $6 per ounce by the end of January, 2026. While that might not sound like a lot, it’s actually a 42.5% jump in around 6 months. The S&P 500 during that same time? Up around 9.35%. In short […]
Between January and October 2022, markets were in turmoil because of inflation and continued fall out from the global pandemic. During that time, markets had fallen roughly 20% from their all time high. This is what’s known as a bear market - and on average, stock markets in the U.S. experience one every 3-5 years […]
There are 195 countries in the world - most have lots of differences. But 193 of them have one thing in common: Coca-Cola is sold there. That level of global recognition has brought Coca-Cola billions of dollars over a hundred years of doing business. Other soda brands simply can’t compete. This is what’s known as […]
Many companies have revenue - which is money generated usually from sales. But not every company has profits - which is money that is left over from revenue after operational costs, taxes, etc. That makes it difficult to value these types of public companies using a traditional metric like P/E ratio. Why? P/E ratio is […]
