Investing for Beginners

If your employer’s enrollment portal shows both a “401(k)” and a “Roth 401(k)” option and you picked one without really knowing the difference, you’re not…

If you work for a small business or run one yourself, you may have come across the SIMPLE IRA as a retirement option instead of the more commonly discussed…

If you work for a public school, hospital, church, or another nonprofit organization, chances are your employer offers a 403(b) instead of a 401(k) — and if…

If you’re self-employed or run a small business, the retirement account options built for traditional W-2 employees don’t always fit your situation — no…

A traditional IRA is one of the most common retirement accounts available to individuals, but it’s easy to confuse with its close cousin, the Roth IRA, or…

If you’ve decided you’re ready to start investing but keep running into the word “brokerage account” without a clear explanation of what it actually is…

Dollar-cost averaging is one of the most repeated pieces of investing advice out there, and for good reason — it’s simple, it removes a lot of the…

If your job offers a 401(k) and you’ve never enrolled — or enrolled once during onboarding and never thought about it again — you’re not alone, and you’re…

You don’t need thousands of dollars to start investing. With as little as $100, you can open a real investment account, buy actual assets, and begin…

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by investing — all those terms, all those choices, all that potential to make the wrong move — index funds might be the…