Caleb Silver

The spike in oil prices and stock market volatility amid the ongoing war in Iran have raised the anxiety level among individual investors, but most remain optimistic and opportunistic with their portfolios according to Investopedia’s most recent survey.

What really drove Bitcoin prices down 50% in yet another one of its spectacular crashes? Ric Edelman explains what caused the original cryptocurrency’s latest plunge, and what might breathe new life into it.

The $2 trillion wealth management industry faces a reckoning as artificial intelligence has made financial planning much more efficient. Altruist Founder and CEO Jason Wenk drops in to share his perspective.

In the latest Investopedia reader sentiment survey, individual investors remain mostly confident and optimistic about future stock market returns despite the recent selloff in their favorite stocks, fears of bubbles, and geopolitical uncertainty.

There’s a through line that runs through the White House’s ambitions in Venezuela and Greenland, and it has all been laid out in its National Security Strategy. Terry Haines of Pangaea Policy breaks it down and shows us where the money is moving across the capital markets to take advantage of the new normal.

Learn which countries are among the top 25 economies in the world. The United States has been the largest for over a century, but China may soon overtake it.

2025 was looking like a banner year for Bitcoin until a wave of selling in the Fall sent the cryptocurrency into a bear market. Matt Hougan of Bitwise explains what happened and why he thinks Bitcoin will rebound in 2026.

2026 came in like a lion with the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and a bull market charging into its fourth year, testing investors’ confidence. Liz Thomas of SoFi returns to the Express to share her outlook for the new year and discuss specific risk factors that could challenge our faith in the momentum underlying recent trends.

Jim Cramer, the legendary investor, educator, best-selling author, host of CNBC’s Mad Money and Squawk on the Street, joins the Express with lessons for investing in any market and more.

Our final investor sentiment survey of the year reveals that we are as optimistic as we’ve been in months, despite concerns about inflation and a potential stock market bubble.