Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that quantifies downside risk by measuring the depth and duration of ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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The three main differences between index funds and mutual funds are management style, investment objective and cost. Index funds tend to be the clear winner over the long term. Many, or all, of the ...

Ask a beginner retail investor what they think best predicts whether a fund will outperform, and the answers tend to vary. Some point to the long-running dominance of U.S.-focused funds as evidence of ...

The Daily News Sentiment Index is a high frequency measure of economic sentiment based on lexical analysis of economics-related news articles. The index is described in Buckman, Shapiro, Sudhof, and ...

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2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Continuous Contract $104.371-0.023-0.02% 5-Year U.S. Treasury Note Continuous Contract $109.141-0.023-0.02% 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Continuous Contract $112.188-0.016-0.01 ...

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If you are looking to invest in stocks, Wall Street legend Warren Buffett suggests the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 increased at 13.5% annually over the last decade, but Wall Street expects slightly ...