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A case can be made for both growth stocks and value stocks. But which way should an investor’s portfolio lean as the economy emerges from COVID-19?

Learn how following short interest and other short-selling metrics can help investors gain valuable insights into companies and markets.

Short selling, short interest, naked short selling are among terms some investors had scarcely paid attention to. But a flurry of apparent short squeezes in 2021 called attention to shorting. Here are some of the top questions answered.

The TD Ameritrade screener tool can help investors navigate the large number of securities available to find potential investments that may fit their criteria.

Knowing cost basis can be helpful, especially when it comes to preparing your taxes. Calculating it can be cumbersome, but TD Ameritrade makes the process simple by doing most of the work. Just select the data you want and export it in different formats.

Markets—and the economy in general—tend to run in cycles, and each phase tends to favor certain sectors. Learn how sector investing can help investors seek specific objectives.

Mutual funds are one of the most popular investment choices some people make when seeking to build a diversified portfolio. Find out why and learn how to choose mutual funds that align with your savings goals.

Learn about the Bollinger Bands technical indicator and how it can help identify volatility and overbought/oversold conditions in stocks and indices.

When considering investments, many investors concentrate on the things that make a stock a good candidate. But what about the potential danger signs?

Socially responsible investing is maturing, growing in assets, and moving into new territory. Find out where ESG investing is heading next.

Fake news and misinformation about a company can negatively impact share prices, and even if it’s a temporary price move, investors can get caught flat-footed. Here’s how you can help protect yourself and your portfolio.

There’s more to portfolio diversification than stocks and bonds. Factors like market capitalization, international vs. domestic holdings, and sub-sector exposure all deserve consideration as you build a well-diversified portfolio.

Eager to learn how to invest in the stock market? Some basic info and tools to get you started.

Learn how to identify stock market trends using moving averages to help add context, support decision making, and complement other forms of analysis.

Learn why you might want to consider dividends as a potential source of retirement income and how you can incorporate them into your retirement income plan.

Develop a better understanding of stock valuation metrics and how to locate potentially undervalued investment opportunities.

In a rising interest rate environment, investors might consider attempting to counter their fixed-income risk by building a bond ladder.

Learn how retail investors, even those with limited funds, can pursue a diversified portfolio mix using exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Investing in ETFs can provide exposure to a wide variety of markets, sectors, and asset classes.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRiP) is the process of automatically reinvesting dividends received into additional whole and fractional shares of the company.

With the earnings calendar tools available on the TD Ameritrade thinkorswim Platform, you can be in the know when it comes to the earnings season.

TD Ameritrade’s updated markets calendar can help you stay on top what’s going on in the markets including earnings, dividends, IPOs, economic events, & more

TD Ameritrade screener tool can help you navigate that massive universe of products and find investments that may fit your criteria.

Use the stocks profile page to read a company’s profile and see charts, earnings, fundamentals, valuations, and more to help you research securities.

The Portfolio X-Ray tool by TD Ameritrade gives traders a picture of the overall health of their current allocations to help them see where they are exposed.

Search for investment ideas by using the TD Ameritrade Sectors & Industries tool to pinpoint a trade idea or a stock for your portfolio.

Diversification is your safe harbor for investments, and exchange-traded funds might be one port to drop anchor.

Learn about earnings calls—what they are, how to join, and why they’re important.

It’s getting easier than ever for socially conscious investors to monitor companies for their environmental, human rights, and other initiatives.

Learn how you can sign up to receive an email alert whenever an IPO that TD Ameritrade is participating in becomes available.

Sustainable investing is more popular than ever as we celebrate Earth Day 2017. What can investors do to put more “green” into their portfolios?

Sector investing can help align investments to specific objectives. For investors with many years before retirement, focus on traditional growth sectors.

Long-term investors may be tempted to gloss over the minutiae, but the small print can often tell a company’s story. Learn some of the terms to know and why.

TD Ameritrade reveals five new features in relation to their IPO and fixed-income new-issue offerings.

While many of today’s trading tools are powerful in their own right, combining tools such as Screeners, Watch Lists and Alerts may offer additional efficiency

Technical analysis and drawing trendlines can keep you informed about the trends unfolding in your investments and may even support your decision making.

Great news! Content from Yahoo Finance is now available on the TD Ameritrade website.

The price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) is one popular way to measure a stock’s value, but there are other tools that can be more helpful and sometimes more reveali

You might assume green initiatives are the core of socially responsible investing, but there’s a long list of factors that go into evaluating a company’s ethi

Searching for a stock investment can sometimes feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. Where can investors start?

TD Ameritrade’s Stocks Overview page is a daily, one-stop shop for news, events, social signals, and content related to the stocks you care about.

With the “Trending on Twitter” and “Social Signals” features on tdameritrade.com, retail investors can conduct their own research and sentiment analysis.

Some investors are considering preferred stocks with yields as traditional fixed income assets grind along at historical lows and look to rise moderately under a go-slow Federal Reserve approach.

Investors looking for well-priced, quality stocks might borrow a page from Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham, but only with the help of a stock screener.

Gen Y's tech savvy, addiction to immediacy, and global awareness have lured this pack to the buzz and responsibility of self-directed investing.