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Good morning. Thank you, Daron [Peschel], for that kind introduction. And welcome, everyone, to the Dallas Fed’s Houston branch. I’m looking forward to my conversation with Dr. Margaret Ford Fisher, chancellor of Housto…
The active ETF landscape continues to be one of the foremost sources of investing innovation. T. Rowe Price has established itself as a leader on this front, and the firm is doubling down on that role with its latest st…
The companies inside this popular tech fund are sending a surprisingly one-sided signal about their earnings to come.
According to the Census Bureau’s Advance Retail Sales Report, consumer spending rose for a fifth straight month in June. Headline sales were up 0.2% as expected, marking a slowdown from May’s 1.0% increase.
This weekly update tracks some of the largest cryptocurrencies by market share: Bitcoin and Ether. While both are considered high-risk assets, they possess foundational differences that investors should understand. We h…
Entering Wednesday, the Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 indexes were up an average of 20.8% year-to-date, confirming small-cap stocks are back with a vengeance. Arguably overlooked in that scenario, some vibrant ETFs …
Demand for income-generating investments has been remarkably strong in recent years as advisors search for ways to offset market volatility. High-yielding investments can provide a more predictable return stream. This i…
Artificial intelligence and the subsequent data center boom are the primary contributors to the nuclear energy renaissance and investors’ newfound enthusiasm for nuclear equities and ETFs. Those ETFs include the ALPS Na…
Halfway through the year, the U.S. equity market performance is broadening. That said, market concentration remains incredibly high, while equity and bond correlations sit in positive territory — conditions that scream …
Israel’s economy slumped in the first quarter of the year when the fallout of the war with Iran imposed security-related shutdowns on businesses for more than a month.
The UK economy returned to growth in May, but the fallout of the Iran war continues to hamper businesses and consumers, leading one expert to note Andy Burnham will inherit an economy which is “not the G7 laggard that m…
The UK economy returned to growth in May, but the fallout of the Iran war continues to hamper businesses and consumers, leading one expert to note Andy Burnham will inherit an economy which is “not the G7 laggard that m…
June brought a major change to the bond landscape with the arrival of the new Federal Reserve chair. Kevin Warsh, appointed by President Trump, arrived as a new Fed chair. He’s making big changes already, like not submi…
Record ETF inflows and a new fee war in the Nasdaq 100 category were among the highlights on this week’s ETF Prime. Host Nate Geraci welcomed Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, followed by Brian Walsh, head o…
On the surface, the recently released June reading of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) appears cut-and-dry as it relates to the Federal Reserve’s near-term plans for interest rates.
The Port of Los Angeles reported its best June ever for shipping container traffic, an increase in ocean freight that port executives described as a tariff whipsaw effect, with shippers racing to beat President Trump's …
The rules governing global commodity markets are starting to witness a profound shift, which is putting critical minerals at the forefront of policy. On a recent episode of ETF Guide’s Metals in Motion, Justin Tolman, S…
Concentration risk may have been overshadowed by major geopolitical events this year, but it hasn’t gone away. Indeed, the big AI hyperscalers remain a significant part of portfolios, but with that comes risk. Were AI t…
On July 15, Direxion launched the Direxion Daily SK Hynix Bull 2X ETF (SKHL), seeking to replicate double the daily performance of the South Korean semiconductor manufacturers Sk Hynix (SKHY). The fund provides leverage…
We take the push of a button for granted. A tap on a smartphone’s tempered, touch-sensitive glass can summon a product, start a conversation with AI, or set a global logistics network in motion. For most of human histor…
Bitcoin miners spent the past decade building out cheap electricity and heavy-duty power infrastructure. Now, some of the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) companies in the world are paying billions of dollars to use…
As longtime advisors and investors know, sometimes it’s not enough to simply keep an eye on what ETFs are currently available on the market. In fact, it’s oftentimes crucial to monitor the funds that are being filed as …
US stock markets slid sharply Friday as President Trump announced plans for a "massive increase" in tariffs on Chinese imports. Investors woke up to a sudden drop, breaking the months-long calm in the markets. The Dow J…
Investor demand for AI chip manufacturers has surged this year. The industry is expected to reach revenues of $1.3 trillion in 2026, according to Yahoo Finance, driven by a global AI infrastructure buildout and a bottle…
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