How do you calculate your investing returns? And how does that number compare to the professionals or to the S&P 500 or your investment advisor? The answer might seem simple: (Ending of year value) / ...

Early retirement isn’t exclusively for the rich. Many people, particularly followers of the FIRE movement — short for Financial Independence, Retire Early — use a couple of key calculations to ...

When we put our money in the market, or before we even do, one of the biggest questions we have is: How long will it take for this investment to really grow? Luckily, there's a mathematical shortcut ...

Volatility is troublesome for many investors. Value changes in your stocks, your portfolio, or an index can keep you up at night -- or worse, push you to make emotional decisions you later regret.

Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. Katharine Beer ...