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Last updated: December 21, 2025
What Is the Price-to-Sales Ratio? Here's the deal: Not every company makes a profit. Some are losing money - but they're growing fast. How do you value a company that's burning cash but pulling in massive revenue? You can't use traditional metrics like P/E ratio because there are no earnings. That's where P/S ratio comes […]
Annuities are one of the most misunderstood financial products out there. Some people love them, while others will tell you they are a scam. The truth: Most people don’t really understand what an annuity is, who they are for, or how to use them. And to be fair - most people would be right to […]
Most people think making a million dollars requires winning the lottery or being born rich. However, getting rich quickly is the fastest way for most people to lose all of their money. That’s why around 70% of lottery winners go broke. And the other thing people don’t realize: Roughly 79% of millionaires are self-made. The […]
The Data Center Energy Problem Data centers have a problem: They consume massive amounts of energy. A single facility uses about the same amount of energy as 80,000 U.S. homes - and with AI and cloud computing driving demand, the U.S. The Department of Energy expects data center energy usage to double or even triple […]
Your smartphone, power grid, and data centers all have something in common: they need copper to function. However, Industry experts are warning that copper shortages could hit within the next 12-16 months. And while that sounds like bad news for tech and infrastructure, it's actually creating an opportunity for some copper producers like Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) […]
Investors use a variety of metrics to value a company. Some prefer to look at a company’s P/E ratio - measuring its stock price against its earnings. Other investors like the P/B ratio - understanding the worth of a company's assets vs its current stock price. However, these metrics tell you if a company is […]
The Real Gold Rush Nobody's Talking About Gold conuintes to climb in value, crossing over $4,700/ounce in January 2025. What’s going on? Geopolitical instability, volatile markets and currencies like the dollar dropping in value - now, institutions are piling into gold to protect themselves But here’s the thing: Some gold mining stocks are actually outperforming […]
If you walk through Tokyo's Kabutocho district, you'll find yourself in the heart of Japanese finance. This is Japan's Wall Street, home to the Tokyo Stock Exchange - the world's third-largest stock exchange with a market cap of $7.59 trillion as of October 2025. Only the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and Shanghai exchanges are […]
Every investor wants the stocks they pick to grow - but what does that actually mean? If an investor picks a stock that grows 5% over one year but the S&P 500 grows 6%, your investment actually grows less than if you had just invested into an ETF that tracks the market as a whole. […]
What Is an Expense Ratio? An expense ratio is the percentage of your investment that a fund takes as a management fee. If you own an ETF or index fund, you're paying someone to manage it. That someone is usually a big asset manager like Vanguard, BlackRock, or State Street. The expense ratio covers things […]
