Suitability may be all-important in investing, but the concept can be lost on children, who probably have little to no interest in what stocks are or how to invest, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. “Let’s be honest. You couldn’t explain to a kid what a stock is to save his or her life,” the “Mad Money” […]

Silver has surged 12 percent in the past month — but one trader appears to believe that the real rally may just be getting started. In one of Thursday’s biggest options trades, a large number of bullish calls were purchased on the iShares Silver Trust, which is better known by its ticker symbol, SLV. Specifically, […]

If CNBC’s Jim Cramer took over as America’s professor, he would make some serious changes in the educational system. Cramer finds it absurd that a student can graduate from school and not know how to write a check, or be required to have knowledge of personal finance. “They say money can’t buy happiness, but I’ve […]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer cringed when he read a study that said students who graduate with no debt end up being worth more than classmates with outstanding loans. “For any of you who are parents or are thinking about becoming parents, let me just tell you right now that there are very few things you can […]

According to CNBC’s Jim Cramer, it does not matter how good an investor is at picking stocks. If the funds are kept in the wrong account, tons of money could be wasted in hidden fees and opportunity could be missed. This logic is especially applicable to 401(k) and IRA retirement accounts, and whether it makes […]

With all of the different mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) options out there, Jim Cramer’s head is spinning. How the heck are investors supposed to know which ones to invest in when there are so many of them? “The important thing is this: You have all sorts of ETFs and mutual funds out there, […]

Investors are ditching insurance stocks as Hurricane Irma pounds the Caribbean, even though industry leaders say companies will be able to handle the financial impact. “There is an abundance of capital,” said Steve Bowen, chief meteorologist at Aon, one of the few insurers whose shares haven’t taken a beating during hurricane season. “The industry should […]

When CNBC’s Jim Cramer first started working at Goldman Sachs in 1984, he used to get calls from his mother, who loved the stock market and would ask him for quotes on her favorite stocks. She chose to invest by buying what she knew and staying on top of it. She liked to shop at […]

The insurance industry is “well-poised” to deal with the possible impact of Hurricane Irma on Florida, according to an insurance research group. The storm, currently a Category 5, tore through several Caribbean islands on Wednesday and could make Florida landfall this weekend. Concern about the potential devastation caused insurance stocks to plunge on Tuesday. On […]

Goldman Sachs says the division between the chaos in Washington and the relative stability with the rest of the country is confusing investors. Goldman’s chief U.S. equity strategist David Kostin described what he sees as “two Americas: Policy gridlock and high volatility inside the beltway but economic growth and low volatility outside Washington, D.C.” This […]