Info in, profit out?© bandung/stock.adobe.com, © phonlamaiphoto/stock.adobe.com, © Quality Stock Arts/stock.adobe.com; Photo illustration Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The term financial engineering almost sounds made up. After all, what does money have to do with mechanical or scientific protocols? Not much, at a glance. But engineering at its core is focused on problem-solving, and there’s no shortage of problems when it comes...

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　　 　　Welcome to Wall Street.© lucky-photographer—iStock/Getty ImagesApple. Microsoft. IBM. Amazon. The legends of American business are pretty much all publicly traded companies—and at one time, they were all quite small. 　　The traditional way for companies to get listed and begin trading on a stock exchange is via an initial public offering (IPO), a process that introduces the company, shares its...

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　　 　　Screening specific qualities for your portfolio.© Scrudje/stock.adobe.com, © Dmitriy/stock.adobe.com; Photo illustration Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Investors and fund managers are always looking for ways to beat the market. Many financial researchers spend their entire careers slicing, dicing, and modeling data to find the common traits that drive asset returns. Sounds like a perfect match, right? 　　That’s the philosophy behind factor investing—seeking...

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