Weekly Stocks to Watch
This week our analyst Evan Thomas focuses on growth exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs are basically a collection of stocks that are traded under a single fund. They may serve as an opportunity for investors to track a particular industry, tech for example, or track a variety of industries for diversification. Growth ETFs are special in that they offer higher potential gains in the long term with more volatility and risk in the short term.
Recent Articles
Intro to the US Treasury
The US Treasury is an integral part of the US economy and helps manage taxes, minting, individual payouts/corporate bailouts, and much more. Economist, Adi Lankipalle, details its key functions and outlines several of its most important components.
Best Brokerages for Beginners
Brokerages are essential when beginning your investing journey. Our analyst Alex Weaver breaks down the differences between several of the most popular beginner brokerage choices and highlights their most prominent features.
Latest Podcast
In this episode, Rohan Gupta and Cassandra Ying speak with William “Sandy” Darity Jr. of Duke University about racial economic inequality. They delve into topics like the history of discrimination, present economic inequalities, reparations as a solution, much more!
This Week's Team Member Showcase
Rohan Gupta
Co-Founder & Editor-In-Chief
Major in Computer Science and Minor in Finance at USC
Daily Routine: I work on StreetFins, I hang out with family, and I sleep.
Why you started StreetFins: I wanted to make finance as simplified and as understandable as possible for our generation. A big reason why financial illiteracy is such an issue is because finance isn’t learned and because the financial education resources out there are too complicated for students to understand. That’s why I started StreetFins along with my co-founders and the rest of the team — to make finance easy to understand and to cure financial illiteracy.
Finance Tip of the Week
"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing." - Warren Buffet