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September saw the influx of dollars into U.S. ETFs continue, despite the fact that the year had already surpassed the record level seen in all of 2025, with another three months yet to go for 2026. Wi…
Advisors choosing between two similar ETFs often let the lower expense ratio decide, but that fee says little about a fund’s liquidity. It may not even point to the cheaper fund to own, according to S…
According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, market breadth has declined in the U.S. in recent months. This has caused small caps to lag large caps. Small-cap stocks had another weak session on October 7. As a…
It’s no understatement to say ETFs are becoming an increasingly popular investment vehicle in today’s market. Key Takeaways: With over 1,000 ETFs launched in 2025 alone, advisors and investors have my…
For investors in Singapore looking for broad global equity exposure through a single ETF, VWRA remains one of the most popular options in 2026. The Vanguard FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (Acc) gives invest…
The UK banking system is strong enough to support households and businesses, even in a period of stress
Energy has been the strongest corner of State Street Investment Management’s premium income ETF lineup this year. Shares of the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF (XLEI) are up …
Broadly speaking, when advisors and investors consider adding focused industry exposure to a portfolio, there needs to be a strong justification for doing so. Take the AI industry, for example, where …
On Wednesday, the combined assets invested in the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and the State Street SPDR Porfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) passed the $1 trillion mark for the first time. SPY, the fir…
After Bitcoin's tremendous rally to new highs around $126,000 last year, it shed essentially all of those gains in the final months of 2025 and is now down about 4% on a trailing-12-month basis. Still…
A Treasury Department warning on the tax strategy behind 351 exchange ETFs led this week’s ETF Prime. Host Nate Geraci and Cinthia Murphy, director of research at TMX VettaFi, previewed the top storyl…
Looking out for more yield in your portfolio? High yield offerings offer opportunities right now to deliver for the right strategy and investor. While there are increasingly appealing yields in govern…
SCHD is a fine dividend ETF, but investors chasing higher income often stumble into covered call funds that quietly erode their principal with every distribution. There is a middle path worth examinin…
Energy stocks have seen volatile but powerful growth this year, as wars in Iran and Ukraine have limited their petroleum exports and boosted global oil prices. The protracted conflicts are likely to c…
Yields and rates continue to climb, as debt markets contend with growing risk and huge capex by the AI hyperscalers. That has impacted bond values, and started to increase attention and flows to short…
Baron Capital, a manager with a 40-year legacy built on high-conviction active mutual funds, just crossed $1 billion in ETF assets. The firm achieved the landmark in under a year following its ETF deb…
In 2026, surging global bond yields — including here in the U.S. — are acting as significant headwinds to the gold investing thesis. But all things considered, the 3.74% year-to-date loss sported by t…
Japan's real wages climbed 1.5 percent in August compared with the same month a year earlier, according to Reuters, extending the run of increases to eight consecutive months and signaling a continuin…
September WTI crude oil (CLU26) is down -0.19 (-0.23%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU26) is down -0.0276 (-0.88%).
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As small-caps offer an increasingly attractive value proposition, advisors and investors may be taking a closer look at strategies like FESM. Key Takeaways: Small-caps have grown in popularity as attr…
Amazon Prime members began shopping a 48-hour sale Tuesday as Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) kicked off Prime Big Deal Days. The event runs through Oct. 7 and features deals across more than 35 categories, a…
Many investors have been left badly disillusioned by the apparently dismal performance of the stock market over the past decade.
A crypto fund and a technology fund posted the best September returns among T. Rowe Price ETFs. Investors, however, sent most of their new money to a different set of funds. Key Takeaways: Crypto, tec…