Last week my friend and co-author Mike Munger published our conversation on his podcast, The Answer is Transaction Costs: Smart Grids, DERs, and the Economics of Energy. He and I are both deeply ...

A transaction cost is any additional fee associated with buying or selling investments. Examples of transaction costs include commissions and brokerage fees. Frequent transaction costs can often lower ...

Every purchase and sale of a business, whether from the perspective of the seller or the buyer, is about economics, and few items will impact the economics of the transaction more certainly or ...

The total cost of owning an exchange-traded fund can be roughly split into two parts: holding costs and transaction costs. Holding costs come with owning an ETF. Trading costs are paid as investors ...

Illinois has become the first state to adopt legislation banning interchange fees on the tax amount and gratuity (tip) amount of a credit or debit payment transaction. The Illinois Interchange Fee ...

Gas fees are an unavoidable cost in cryptocurrency, affecting everything from trading and investing to gaming, DeFi, and NFT transactions. Traders frequently encounter gas fees when moving assets ...