Finance & Investing

A program that taught basic financial concepts through two-minute stories improved adults’ financial knowledge, showing promise as an easy-to-implement real-world tool.

The dollar is typically a refuge in moments of uncertainty. Two finance professors say this time is different.

Researchers at Stanford, Cornell, and the University of Maryland estimate the public sector investment needed to reverse course on a climate-induced slowdown in agricultural productivity.

Facing economic uncertainty, Millennial and Gen Z investors say they’re prioritizing profits over environmental and social priorities.

Government programs to save jobs are costly. But avoiding the scarring effects of unemployment can be worth it.

Your sense of identity can distort financial decision making, new research from the Graduate School of Business shows.

Massive experiments with PayPal users show that small tweaks to a charitable ask can boost giving.

As the federal deficit has ballooned, research by Hanno Lustig indicates investors may be rethinking the safety of Treasury bonds.

Unexpected news about a company’s profits can have a big impact on the spending behavior of people who live near its headquarters, a new study finds.

Nonconformist executives grab attention — and investments. But they’re not always a safe bet.