Alex Rappaport, 36, wants to get kids really excited about learning. He cofounded education startup Flocabulary more than 10 ...

Wants to invent the Hyperloop, a system of tubes that lets passengers travel close to the speed of sound, going from San Francisco to LA in 30 minutes. Hopes to perfect a 'rocket plane' to ...

A professional fund manager - or a team of managers - makes the decisions about what to buy and sell within the fund. Those decisions should follow the investing philosophy laid out in the fund's ...

No. Some investment companies sell annuities without charging a sales commission or a surrender charge. These are called direct-sold annuities, because unlike an annuity sold by a traditional ...

Say you send two teams of runners out to run a marathon, but require one team to carry 25-pound backpacks. Which team do you think is likely to have the better average time? A fund's expenses are ...

The ABX, launched in January 2007, serves as a benchmark of the market for securities backed by home loans issued to borrowers with weak credit. "Creating visibility and transparency was a goal of ...

Any money you contribute from your paycheck is always 100% yours. But company matching funds usually vest over time - typically either 25% or 33% a year, or all at once after three or four years.

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Many employers' matches come in the form of company stock - and free company stock is a heck of a lot better than nothing. However, in order to limit your risk, it's wise to move out of the stock ...