Education

There are four golden rules every investor should keep in mind, regardless of income or investment knowledge, CNBC's Jim Cramer explained during his daily "Mad Money" show Wednesday. 1. Don't Buy On A Tip Cramer recalled a time when his father bought stock of a company called National Video after...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon explained on Wednesday during the Business Roundtable summit three "really bad facts" that need to be fixed to spur economic growth. Many Men Ineligible For Army Service Approximately 70 percent of all young men are ineligible for...

Many novice investors are unfamiliar with the concept of a business development company, or BDC for short. As is always the case, investors should broaden their scope of knowledge instead of missing out on a fast growing and potentially lucrative segment. A BDC is simply a closed-end investment...

Brean Capital initiated coverage of TAL Education Group (ADR) (NYSE: XRS) with a Buy rating and $72 price target, describing the company as a leading K-12 after-school tutoring service provider in China with a premium brand recognition and quality product offerings. The analysts believe the company...

College isn't cheap, so don't skip class. Naturally, this is sound advice that is hard to refute. However, it does raise the question of how much exactly is the value of each missed class. According to a report from Reuters, calculating the financial loss of skipping class is not difficult —...

Former mayor of New York City and billionaire entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)'s CEO Jamie Dimon know a thing or two about hiring the smartest people to fill much needed jobs in their organizations. In an op-ed on Bloomberg View, the two got together...

Beth Wrobel, founder and CEO of The Blissful Teacher, discovered a healing quality to all-natural fragrances oils years ago and, ever since, she's been tying to spread the word. Wrobel has gone from a small Etsy shop to being in storefronts in about a year's time. Her company provides educator-...

There's been a lot of debate lately, about the value of a university degree. While those who have graduated from college certainly outearn those who have not, the actual kind of college degree earned makes a big difference in eventual salary expectations. But in general, the traditional...

First, to be clear, the goal of any savvy taxpayer is not to get a large refund. It is to get no refund – while also owing nothing. In other words, the best outcome is to accurately predict your taxes and have that exact amount withheld over the course of the year, thereby avoiding providing...

It’s almost the New Year, and that means out with the old, in with the new, a new beginning and all of those other clichés that get thrown around. Trading and investing can’t stay status quo for very long. In this business, all of the clichés are true not just at the beginning of the year but...

It’s not exactly the sexy side of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The company isn’t creating special media events complete with presentations fit for a Broadway stage around this side of the business, but that doesn’t mean it’s the ugly stepchild of the company. It’s a large part of the Apple profit...

Conventional wisdom is sometimes neither conventional nor wise. Many people, for example, believe wealth and Judaism go hand in hand. As Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year unfolds, an examination of this bit of conventional wisdom might be in order. A study conducted by Pew Research in 2009...

Ken Langone, Geeknet (NASDAQ: GKNT) chairman and CEO, the venture capitalist behind the Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM), was on CNBC's Squawk Box as a guest-host for the majority of Wednesday morning. Langone started off with a nearly poetic list that displayed a fruitful year...