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 ...

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 ...

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.

If you have ever watched the news and heard phrases like “inflation is cooling” or “the economy added more jobs than expected ...