Tim Smith has 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry, both as a writer and as a trader. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a ...

Buy low and sell high. That sounds easy, right? The problem is defining what exactly "low" means. How do you define whether the stock market is cheap or expensive? Precisely valuing the market is ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Looking at a stock chart is a great way to gain instant visual insight into the performance and momentum of a stock market index like the S&P 500. Yet, even broad-market visualizations need context.