Investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed to alter the requirements for an "accredited investor" to include qualifications beyond individual net worth or annual income. The regulations require an individual to be an accredited investor before they can invest...

Picking the right mix of investments to add to your financial portfolio is a challenging undertaking. Most of us focus on the performance of financial instruments vis-a-vis the 52-week high and low figures, trading volume, bullish or bearish sentiment, charts, graphs, analyst opinions, et al. But...

Benzinga is rolling out the Fintech Focus podcast, a series of interviews with leaders in the fintech space. Our fourth episode features Aaron Klein, founder and CEO of Riskalyze, the startup disrupting the way financial advisors relate to their clients. Riskalyze breaks down investing a little...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is considered by many to be the best investor of all time, but even he makes mistakes on occasion. One of his more vocal losses as of late is his stake in International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), which he started buying in 2011 at an average cost per...

Various studies indicate that investment fees are considered a major bugbear for some folks. Many of the fees are directly related to transactions costs, commissions, brokerage fees, monthly maintenance fees and the like. In addition to what their brokers might charge, traders and investors...

It's almost that time of year. The 2017 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards is a competition to showcase the companies with the most impressive technology that are paving the future in financial services and capital markets. To get you prepared for this year's awards, Benzinga...

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) opened Wednesday's trading up more than 3 percent after Wells Fargo initiated the stock with an Outperform rating and a price target range of $22 to $24. Analysts led by Eric Katz noted they "really like" the stock's current...

Todd Sullivan says that angel investors need to be very realistic when choosing what companies to back because they often won’t see any return (or even have their original investment back) for seven or eight years. Sullivan is the founder of Rand Strategic Partners, as well as an angel...

Benjamin Graham has served as the inspiration and intellectual mentor for generations of value investors. Many successful careers have been launched by a reading of the Intelligent Investor. Many others have perfected the art and science of investing by studying the classic editions of Security...

To say that this is a tough market may be the understatement of the year. Lots of areas are getting beaten to a pulp daily, the economy has sputtered, the masses have been fooled by the direction of interest rates, there is a new so-called crisis every time you turn around and, as a result, it...

At long last Major League Baseball returns as the single best sign that spring is here and summer is close behind. As the season starts, virtually every baseball fan cannot help but daydream about jogging onto the field, making the spectacular catch or hitting the walk-off game winning home run...