You don’t need a doctoral degree in finance to calculate your portfolio’s investment returns. A few principles are enough to turn even the most math-phobic people into shrewd investors. While basic ...

Every thriving business relies on a robust return on investment (ROI) to help gauge whether its investments are yielding a profit. Although you as an individual investor possess shallower pockets than ...

With tax season behind most investors, many won't worry about taxes until April 2020. But focusing on investment taxes all year - not just in April - can make a material difference in successful after ...

Matt Frankel, CFP, is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst and personal finance expert covering financial stocks, REITs, SPACs, and personal finance. Prior to The Motley Fool, Matt taught ...

As investors reach the age of retirement after years of diligently investing, many wonder about the rules for retirement account distributions and how much should be withdrawn from these accounts.

Many investors focus their attention on how a stock's price changes over time. However, when talking about dividend-paying stocks, that doesn't even begin to tell the entire story. For example, let's ...