Investing
Fidelity Investments and Vanguard are two of the largest asset managers in the world, with each offering a variety of low-cost funds to meet investors’ needs. But they also operate online brokerages and rate well in Bankrate’s annual review of the best brokers. Fidelity was named Bankrate’s best broker in…
President Donald Trump and American business leaders this week celebrated a provision in his tax bill that would create and fund investment accounts for babies born in the next few years. The accounts would be allowed to compound and grow tax-deferred, similar to the way some retirement accounts work. “In…
Mohamad Faizal Bin Ramli/ Getty Images; Illustration by Austin Courregé/Bankrate While stocks get most of the attention in the investment world, municipal bonds can play an important role in a diversified portfolio and may come with attractive tax advantages. Municipal bonds, or munis, are issued by state and local governments…
The S&P 500 stock index is up about 2 percent this year, while the Nasdaq Composite index has risen 1 percent as of early June. A slow but steady year, you might think, if you’d been asleep since the start of 2025. It’s been anything but that, as both indexes…
Key takeaways Investing as a teenager can help you get a head start on building wealth, and more time in the market often leads to higher long-term returns. There are several types of investment accounts teens can set up (with adult supervision) to buy stocks and funds, including custodial Roth…
High-yield dividend funds are an attractive way to invest. You get what can be a highly stable payout from a diversified collection of securities. The best high-yield exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can offer a growing payout year after year, making them a great way to generate passive income. Here are some…
FREDERIC J. BROWN/Getty Images Tesla (TSLA) is due to launch its long-awaited robotaxi on June 12 in Austin, showcasing a technology that’s been promised by CEO Elon Musk for years and years. Now, finally it looks like the robotaxi is ready to roll, though the debut comes amid Musk’s sudden…
Bitcoin has hit a number of all-time highs in 2025, and the Trump administration is prioritizing rules that open up the crypto world to more investment, including creating the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. So it’s no surprise that traders have been actively pushing up crypto prices on the positive shift…
Ahead of its next interest rate decision on June 18, Federal Open Market Committee members are now in a blackout period. This limits public comments on monetary policy. Recent speeches suggest that June’s meeting will result in holding rates at their current 4.25% to 4.5% level. The CME FedWatch Tool,…
The federal government is continuing to do what it has done for decades; spending more than it collects. Though this may not be surprising, it should be alarming. Why? Because as the national debt continues to rise, the government will be required to pay more and more of its revenue…
