The S&P 500 finished five straight quarters up. You reduce your monthly index-fund contribution because “we’re due for a pullback.” Or the opposite: a fund…
Roughly 37% of U.S. adults couldn’t cover a $400 emergency with cash, and even among those who could, one bad month — a car repair,…
Nine out of ten Americans say they want to save more for retirement. Fewer than one in four actually raise their contribution rate in any…
In 2001, two economists ran a simple test on U.S. investors: how many of you think shark attacks kill more people each year than falling…
Imagine two buyers walk into the same open house. The list price is $429,300 — the U.S. median for existing homes in May 2026, per…
In 1985, two Ohio University researchers ran an experiment that quietly explains a huge chunk of bad money moves. Ticket buyers who paid full price…
The average U.S. worker who got a raise last year also spent more. In the Federal Reserve’s 2024 Economic Well-Being report, 32% of adults said…
In a now-classic Cornell University experiment, students randomly given a $5 coffee mug refused to sell it for less than about $5.25. Students given nothing…
Between 2003 and 2023, the average DIY equity fund investor earned about 8.01% a year. The funds they held earned 9.69%. That 1.68 percentage point…
About 64% of U.S. investors say they have a high level of investment knowledge, according to research from FINRA. Roughly 74% of professional fund managers,…