Things haven’t been going great for Elon Musk the past few months.

With the market fluctuations the past week or so, there have been questions about when to rebalance your portfolio, if at all. Some say it shouldn't interfere with your long-term plan, and to stick to once a year. Others say the time to rebalance is right after the market goes up or down by five per cent or more.

The stock market is down, and you think that means it's a good time to buy. Or you're convinced you should sell. Or you're just going to do nothing and continue with your day. What should we make of it all?

Investing isn't as hard as most people think, but there's a lot of jargon to learn. Stocks and bonds are two common terms that come to mind when you think about investing. Many people don't know the difference, so we're going to break it down.

Android: Google's card feed will helpfully show you updates for any stocks that you want to pay attention to. However, if you're getting updates for stocks you don't actually care about, they're harder to get rid of. Here's how to do it.

Investing your money to make it grow for the future is a good idea. Picking individual stocks to do it isn't. If you're still in the habit of investing in the future by stock picking, there's a better way.