Explore the strategies investors use to pick stocks and find out whether it's better to be an active or passive investor.

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Every day, billions of stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange alone. But with more than 43,000 publicly traded companies worldwide, how do investors decide which stocks to buy? And what do individuals and institutions get when investing in stocks? Richard Coffin explores the tactics of different investment strategies.

Lesson by Richard Coffin, directed by Franz Palomares.

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