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July 28 (Reuters) – Spain’s unemployment rate fell back below 10% in the second quarter of 2026, reaching its lowest level since 2008 even as the labour force rose to a record high, data from the National Statistics…
Despite a recent pick-up in inflation, the RBA says some of the increase in inflation was due to temporary factors.
The Q2 earnings season is approaching a critical moment for the financial sector. With Wall Street anticipating massive profit expansions across indexes, investors are fixated on whether corporate growth is correlated w…
On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF (JCPB) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several topics related t…
Active ETFs are giving advisors more choices than ever, and more homework to go with them. Issuers launched 953 active strategies in 2025, accounting for 84% of all new ETFs that year, and the momentum has carried into …
Small-caps have produced modest but healthy gains this year. After a slow start, the notable small-caps index Russell 2000 has returned 17.3% YTD. That has helped that same index return 30.7% over the last 12 months. Sm…
Single-stock derivative strategies, crypto miners, and energy commodities led in performance across non-leveraged ETFs last week. Broad market momentum shifted toward high-beta tech exposure and commodity inflation hedg…
Thornburg Investment Management’s newest income ETF, THOR, was built around a pattern that has quietly powered much of the market’s gains. That pattern is rising valuations, not stronger earnings.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) – U.S. inflation increased further in May, breaking above 4.0% for the first time in three years as the Middle East conflict boosted energy prices, and keeping an interest rate increase fro…
When European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen launched the European Green Deal in 2019, she called it “Europe’s man on the moon moment”. The green deal aimed to create the world’s “first carbon-neutral contine…
The active ETF landscape has evolved dramatically over the last six years. Few asset managers illustrate this shift better than T. Rowe Price. The firm’s active ETF lineup recently crossed the $30 billion asset mark. Ad…
The rapid expansion of the collateralized loan obligations (CLO) has introduced ETF options for investors, namely funds that are passive or actively managed. While passive indexes offer easy access to CLO exposure, the …
Institutional interest in private credit (PC) is surging. According to Marsh’s 2026 Global Insurance Investments Survey, 57% of insurers plan to increase their private credit allocations over the next 12 to 24 months, w…
Amentum (AMTM) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) selected them to negotiate a phased lease at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The proposed publ…
Shares of semiconductor giant Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have more than doubled this year. The stock, one of the bellwethers in the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor space, traded higher last week following t…
At the turn of the year 2025-26, economic growth surprised on the upside while financial market sentiment remained strong despite high uncertainty. The war in the Middle East is now putting this resilience to the test. …
Germany’s IFO Business Climate Index rose to 86.6 in July 2024, surpassing analyst expectations of 85.8 and marking a modest improvement in business sentiment across Europe’s largest economy.
TCL Electronics is marking a strategic shift by negotiating the sale of a 51% majority stake in its sole open-cell display manufacturing plant in Tirupati, India. The deal is reportedly valued between $600 million and $…
Silvana Marques was one of thousands of Brazilians who flocked to São Paulo’s most famous art museum one afternoon last week. But the 51-year-old teacher wasn’t there to marvel over fog-filled London landscapes at Masp’…
On the domestic front, arguably one of the more notable events in 2026 has been the change in Federal Reserve leadership, ushering in a new era for how the U.S. central bank conducts monetary policy and how its actions …
Since the end of World War II, the United Nations has served as the world’s leading international body dedicated to promoting peace, security, and cooperation. From conflict resolution to climate action, it has played a…
BRASILIA, July 24 (Reuters) – The Brazilian government on Friday reduced by 5.7 billion reais ($1.12 billion) a spending curb needed to comply with its fiscal framework due to lower than expected mandatory expenditures…
The midway point in 2026 offers advisors and investors alike a chance to rethink their strategies heading into the second half of the year. It’s an opportune time to reflect on what worked well and what didn’t work quit…
The yield on the 10-year note finished July 24, 2026 at 4.69% while the 2-year note ended at 4.33%.
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