Short-term capital gains tax is a fee paid when you sell a capital asset after owning it for less than a year. Here's how to ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

An incoming Donald Trump administration has taxpayers salivating for lower tax rates in 2025. No one enjoys a hefty tax bill, and the idea of a game-changing law that could somehow magically erase ...

Should you have short-term bonds in your portfolio? Yes. I’d argue that short-term bonds are one of the key asset classes that most investors should own, in addition to cash and large-cap stocks. In ...

Should we get the urge to chase the current bull market? Should we get more defensive in preparation for another bust? The short-term movements of the stock market should be irrelevant to your ...

Since the 2008 financial crisis, the supply of short-term debt from the Treasury has been increasingly associated with changes in the yields of short-term money market assets. This puzzling pattern ...

April was a challenging month for Wall Street due to heightened trade tensions. The S&P 500 lost 0.4%, the Dow Jones retreated 2.5%, while the Nasdaq was up by 0.8% (as of April 29, 2025). Analysts ...