Liam Hunt, M.A., is a financial writer covering global markets, monetary policy, retirement savings, and millennial investing. His commentary and analysis have been featured in the New York Post, Reader's Digest, Fox Business, and Forbes.
Accurate financial predictions are difficult at best. This is because uncertainty and risk are inherent characteristics of free markets. Fortunately, you can sway uncertainty in your favor by finding highly asymmetric investments and trading opportunities. Asymmetric...
Key Takeaways: 32.8% of Americans are feeling the impacts of inflation on their grocery bill more than anywhere else Inflation is hurting women more than men at the grocery store; men more than women at the gas station Young Americans aged 25 to 34 are over twice as...
This week, the world has looked on with horror at the ongoing developments in Ukraine. As Russia’s military continues its invasion of Ukraine, global markets have reacted with volatility. At the time of writing, the S&P 500 (.SPX: INDEX) is down slightly...
Only a slim majority of Americans—55%, in fact—own stocks. For many U.S. homeowners, their house is their only retirement investment to speak of. If you find yourself among the roughly one-half of Americans who are underinvested in financial markets, now’s the time to...
If you’ve been reading about retirement investing strategies, you’ve probably heard of the so-called 4% rule by now. For over two decades, this concept has dominated the conversation around optimizing retirement savings withdrawals. Proponents of the 4%...