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To say that men and women take a different approach to money management would be an understatement. Within the broad realm of financing, investing strategy is just one category that represents this trend. Scottrade recently released a survey highlighting the gender differences in investing....

Benzinga recently had the chance to talk to some retail traders about their strategies, how they got started and what advice they'd offer to new traders. Here's what they told us. Sumant Chittiprolu Chittiprolu started his first portfolio in 2006 after graduating from Ohio State. He said he...

The stock brokerage house Scottrade pointed out in a blog post one of the golden rules of risk management: "What the markets don't know about tomorrow can lead to big swings in stock prices." Perhaps the largest unknown facing not only investors but the entire planet is the U.S. 2016 presidential...

Weekly jobless claims rose less than analysts expected last week. According to Labor Department data, for the week ended September 10, the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 260,000. While the increase isn't negligible, it...

RealtyShares said it has returned more than $10 million to investors. According to RealtyShares, offering a range of investment and financing options is a key to its success. Real estate and platforms like RealtyShares have become an attractive choice for investors looking for...

As would be expected, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) saw a marked increase in options activity resulting from its split taking effect on June 9. Holders of Apple stock as of June 2, 2014 received six more shares for each share they owned. As a result, if the same notional amount of options is traded pre-...

The stock brokerage business has come a long way. With the onset of the digital era, innovative features like rapid trading, real-time data and interactive webinars have transformed the industry. Online brokerages find that they need to invest in innovation to maintain a competitive edge. Like...

ETF closures are on the rise. In August alone, Direxion has announced the closure of nine leveraged products while Scottrade said it will liquidate the entire suite of 15 FocusShares ETFs. With those announcements, ETF closures in 2012 will easily outpace the rate seen last year and that does not...

Have you ever wanted to buy shares in companies that aren't available from Scottrade or E*TRADE (NASDAQ: ETFC)? Now you finally can, thanks to new sites like SharesPost and SecondMarket that have opened the market to private investments. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are among the hottest private...