Leslie Kramer is a writer for Institutional Investor, correspondent for CNBC, journalist for Investopedia, and managing editor for Markets Group. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

If you contribute to a retirement account, you’re engaged in a long position. Long positions are trades or investments held with the expectation that they’ll appreciate in value over a long enough ...

When trading assets or securities in the financial or stock market, you can take two positions — a long position or a short position. Whether you're a seasoned trader or a beginner trying to expand ...

Having a long position in a stock means that you own shares and will make money as the stock price rises. Having a short position in a stock means that you are betting on the decline of the stock’s ...