Cost basis affects capital gains taxes on investments. Cost basis varies by investment type and whether you purchased the asset or received it as a gift or inheritance. Optimizing cost basis can ...

Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. Timothy Li is a ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

Velocity of money measures economic health by tracking how often money changes hands. Factors like consumer savings behavior and technological advances affect money's velocity. For investors, ...