Oil stocks: Understanding the basics of investing in oil

Oil has been one of the top-performing asset classes in 2021, but before jumping in, here’s a reminder of the basics of oil investing… Oil is cyclical: This means oil prices tend to rise when the economy is doing well and fall when it isn’t. Like most things? Yes, but cyclical stocks tend to move…

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Trend: Companies give retail investors access to IPO stock

As part of its plans to go public, Robinhood is considering allocating up to 35% of its IPO shares to retail investors. These types of announcements show a trend emerging — greater access to IPOs by investors. See: What is an initial public offering — IPO?. How IPOs worked before: When a company goes public,…

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