Personal Finance Articles

An ESOP or an employee stock ownership plan is a strategic employee benefits plan. It is designed to reward employees with an ownership interest in the company. In other words, it is a profit-sharing plan devised by the company to...

What is American Depositary Receipts ADR? American Depositary Receipt or ADR is a negotiable certificate of shares of a foreign company. The U.S. Bank that owns these shares issues an ADR against them. ADR may comprise a portion of shares,...

A US Stocks market or a financial market is a place where individuals participate to invest, trade and earn profits. However, it is not a physical place and complex terms like bull market, bear market, market capitalisation, volatility, and margin...

NASDAQ Composite Index, or simply NASDAQ, is the main index on the NASDAQ stock exchange. It includes more than 3,000 stocks and the technology industry, and the consumer services industry dominate the index. The article covers in detail the NASDAQ...

NASDAQ 100 Index is a large-cap index of non-financial companies in the US. It includes the top 100 companies that actively trade on NASDAQ. It is also the most preferred index for innovators as technology companies dominate it. This article...

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index? The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the most popular global stock market index. We also know it as The Dow Jones, named after Charles Dow and Edward Jones. They launched...

What is the S&P 500 Index? The S&P 500 Index is a stock market indicator that measures the health of the U.S. securities market. It tracks the performance of stocks of the 500 largest exchange-traded companies in the U.S. S&P...

US Stocks markets are driven by investor sentiment. A positive or bullish sentiment would take the market up. On the other hand, a negative or bearish sentiment would lead to the falling of the market. Micro and macro-economic factors often...