Financial Literacy

Bearer bonds are an interesting, albeit antiquated, type of security that offer as much convenience as they receive scrutiny. Here’s a closer look at them.

Contrarian investing bears some similarities to value investing, but the two aren’t exactly the same. Let’s take a closer look at this strategy.

Bear trap trading is the unanticipated behavior of a stock that lures bearish investors into false positions that can hurt your portfolio.

Bearer shares are stock certificates that belong to whoever holds them. There’s no documentation outside of the physical certificate.

A bear put spread is a strategy in which investors stack puts to hedge against an unexpected upturn in the stock’s price.

Behavioral finance examines several psychological concepts and applies them to how today’s investors behave in public markets.

A bell curve is a visual representation of normal data distribution, in which the median represents the highest point on the curve.

BAT stocks mark the rise of Chinese tech stocks and their growing prevalence in investors’ portfolios in the United States.