Chioneso Bakr was so confident, she was willing to put money on it. Scrolling through an app she had found on Instagram, the 31-year-old Brooklyn
Financial markets are an information battlefield, and for individual investors, it’s not a fair fight. With their superior resources and greater access to company officials,
What’s wrong with this sentence: “U.S. economic growth increased 1%, to 6% from 5%”? If you haven’t guessed already, you’re probably not alone. Confusing percentages
The prospect of a company going public can be exhilarating, for journalists as well as company founders. Businesses are able to raise capital for expansion
Growing awareness of the importance of socially responsible investing has led some investors to a market segment they might not have considered before: Islamic finance.
If you think you know how stocks are doing, better check again in five minutes. The year’s been unpredictable. One of the questions I have
The much ballyhooed trading app Robinhood, a startup with an $8.3 billion valuation, has had runaway success, leapfrogging over major market players Charles Schwab, TD
For any business journalist—even if you don’t focus on finance—a public company’s 10-Ks (financial reports for the year) and 10-Qs (quarterly earnings reports) filed with
A Form 10-K is an annual report that companies file with the SEC. Companies that file 10-Ks must also file quarterly reports, or 10-Qs. Unlike
An SEC filing is a formal document, typically a financial statement, submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Public companies are required to make
Covering earnings is increasingly done by robot reporters, which can instantly create reports with the most important figures from the complex quarterly financial statements. That’s
Burn rate is one of those important metrics that shareholders, CEOs, investors or others involved could use to define how well a company is doing.
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