Investing Insights

Crowdfunding is a good way to validate demand for a new product or service — and avoid pumping resources into a doomed business.

In this Three Things video, Darden Professor and Dean Emeritus Robert Bruner discusses how we know crises will recur and how we can personally prepare for them. 

Considering the high probability that an individual will require long-term care in some form or another, is an LTC insurance plan the best approach?

Darden Professor Michael Schill discusses a surprising investment strategy: Buy low-growth firms. Firms expanding their assets bring a lower annual return.

Darden Professor Rich Evans' research on mutual fund incubator bias demonstrates the dangers of choosing an investment based on past success.

Darden Professor Rich Evans discusses the benefits of diversification in smoothing out the volatility of individual investments.

In this video, Darden Professor Greg Fairchild discusses the credit card, what it can do for the consumer, and what it sometimes does to the consumer.

In this finance lesson, you will learn the "Rule of 72," a method for estimating the time it will take for an investment to double.