Clint Proctor is a lead editor with the credit cards and travel rewards team at Forbes Advisor. He has five years of experience in personal finance journalism and has contributed to a variety of ...

Invest in stocks or mutual funds depending on research preference and time availability. Allocate assets based on age, investing more in stocks when younger and in bonds as you age. Open a brokerage ...

ETFs allow investment in diversified portfolios via a single transaction, mimicking index performance. ETFs are more liquid than mutual funds, trading like stocks with fluctuating prices throughout ...

Sam Taube writes about investing for NerdWallet. He has covered investing and financial news since earning his economics degree from the University of Maryland in 2016. Sam has previously written for ...