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Robinhood Markets (HOOD) reports second-quarter results on Wednesday, July 29. That could be an ideal time for active traders to consider single-stock ETFs such as the Direxion Daily HOOD Bull 2X ETF (HODU).
According to Bankrate’s Mortgage Rates, the national average for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.61%. That’s uncomfortably high and a major headwind to many prospective homebuyers, particularly those in the first-time cat…
The Q2 earnings season is still in its early days, but it’s already handing us a reality check: growth is broadening out. These conditions are putting one tried-and-tested segment of smart beta ETFs, the equal-weighted …
The UK HPI shows house price changes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom (UK) headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.6% over the year in June, compared to a rise of 2.8% in May, the data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Wednesday.
President Trump has made reducing U.S. trade deficits a priority, but economists disagree over how much they matter and what to do about them.
We added a healthcare service providers ETF to our Growth, Moderate Growth, and Conservative Growth Strategies to better participate in a broadening equity market after years of narrow, tech-driven leadership. Healthcar…
It’s likely fair to say that all of the sectors of the equity market have reacted to 2026’s geopolitical pressures in different ways, be it positive or negative. That being said, none have moved in quite as interesting …
Geopolitical shocks have pushed family offices to rethink nearly every corner of their portfolios. Infrastructure has emerged as the asset class they trust most right now.
On July 21, Defiance launched the Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF (AIHY), with an expense ratio of 76 basis points. The fund provides actively managed exposure to the companies that are leaders in enabling, developin…
The threads of the markets continue to weave a complicated story. The landscape has moved from a backdrop characterized by a hawkish Fed, a bulletproof AI investment cycle, and a willingness to look through Iran/U.S. te…
VettaFi Director of Research Cinthia Murphy appeared on CNBC’s ETF Edge to discuss second-quarter earnings, thematic ETFs, and sector trends.
The rapid expansion of private credit established the asset class as an alternative for portfolio diversification. However, its lack of public transaction data has historically posed valuation challenges. According to a…
US president Donald Trump hasn't given up on his approach to use tariffs as a way of gaining the upper hand in the global markets despite the monumental decision by the US Supreme Court on Feb. 20 that his use of the In…
Despite a disappointing year for gold and silver — the two most widely observed commodities — broader commodity strategies are continuing to deliver for investors.
United Kingdom equities offer investors developed market exposure to resilient, globally diversified sector leaders in energy, healthcare, and finance through ETFs. However, exposure requires an understanding of how reg…
These were last week’s top performing leveraged and inverse ETFs. Note that because of leverage, these kinds of funds can move quickly. Always do your homework.
It goes without saying at this point that one of the trickier parts of building a fixed income portfolio is figuring out duration positioning. This is doubly true when we sit in a period of macroeconomic uncertainty, li…
Market leadership within the tech momentum trade has shifted in the wake of the recent bloodbath. Over the past month, a sharp unwinding of crowded positions sent semiconductors into a steep correction from recent recor…
As we cross the halfway mark of 2026, the energy space has already experienced a dramatic shift in the macro landscape. Supply disruptions in the Middle East turned a looming oil supply glut into a severe shortage with …
Germany’s DAX managed gains of 0.15% to 25,817.89, France’s CAC 40 declined 0.33% to 8,479.87, and London’s FTSE 100 lost 0.26% to 10,651.77.
The municipal bond landscape continues to receive significant interest in both flows and supply. That, and investors looking to get muni bonds exposure for tax purposes in portfolios, positions them for serious ETF inte…
Crypto has spent more than a decade on the edge of mainstream investing, cast either as a technological revolution or a speculative distraction. According to a new T. Rowe Price research report titled “Crypto edges into…
In another one of this week’s tests of investor sentiment around artificial intelligence (AI) – and a tentpole one at that — Google’s parent company, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), reports second-quarter results after the cl…
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