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The midstream energy segment is seeing a wave of large-scale M&A after a slower start to 2026. This has been largely driven by companies racing to expand natural gas and crude oil infrastructure to su…
The markets are not taking the bait from oil prices plunging by over $7 in trading today as hope springs eternal for peace in the middle east.
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U.S. wholesale inventories increased strongly in July, while sales rebounded following June’s decline. Inventories grew faster than sales during the month, pushing the inventories-to-sales ratio modes…
Why Liquid Alternatives Keep Disappointing — and What to Do About It Most liquid alternative funds fail a simple test: they cannot be held through a full market cycle — adopted in crises, abandoned on…
Traditionally speaking, advisors and investors don’t typically associate value strategies with tech exposure. Key Takeaways: While value strategies don’t usually embrace tech companies, tech stocks ca…
Central banks are flirting with rate hikes, and markets have gone crazy. Memories of the 2022 inflation battle are clearly still fresh. Yet talking about rate rises is one thing, delivering them is qu…
For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian crisi…
The Nasdaq’s sudden lurch lower on Friday looked like a crack in a story that had seemed, until recently, almost bulletproof—the story that artificial intelligence is not merely a useful tool but a ci…
U.S. mortgage rates continued their upward climb, with the average contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rising to 6.85% — the highest level since June 2025 — pushing overall mortgage application …
VettaFi has once again earned a coveted spot on the shortlist for the ETF Express US Awards 2026. The recognition spans multiple categories, including Best ETF Research Provider alongside major index …
At its meeting on 11 September 2025, the Governing Council decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Inflation is currently at around the 2% medium-term target and the Governing Coun…
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that in August, affected by factors such as changes in international market prices and seasonal increases in food prices, the Consumer Price Inde…
Oil prices climbed further Tuesday, with Brent crude rising 1% to $97.95 a barrel and briefly touching $99.46, according to the Associated Press. The benchmark has climbed from around $72 over the pas…
The indexes most investors use to track the markets don’t look the way they did just five years ago. Many investors are aware that the major stock market index has become far more concentrated in a ha…
The North American midstream sector is entering a period of accelerated growth. Surging liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and rapidly expanding power generation demand are driving record multi-billi…
Bond markets around the world have trembled in the last week, as uncertainty continues to rise. A mix of geopolitical, trade, debt, and currency pressures have put immense pressure on yields. The Yen …
Faith-Based Investing is not new. For generations, religious individuals and institutions have sought to align financial resources with moral and religious principles. What is changing is the range of…
Southeast Asia’s export-oriented economies have so far proven highly resilient to the global trade shocks of punitive US tariffs and China’s surging exports.
The EUR/GBP cross loses ground to around 0.8585 during the early European trading hours on Monday. The Euro (EUR) attracts some sellers against the British Pound (GBP) following the German economic da…
Japan's Ministry of Finance released data on Monday showing that foreign exchange reserves fell to $1.208 trillion at the end of August, down sharply by $79.6 billion from $1.287 trillion at the end o…
The US and Japan coordinated on the biggest currency market intervention in 15 years, helping to stabilize a weakening yen. Karen Fishman, senior FX strategist in Goldman Sachs Research, and Praneet S…
Editor’s note: Any and all references to time frames longer than one trading day are for purposes of market context only, and not recommendations of any holding time frame. Daily rebalancing ETFs are …
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