Key Takeaways The July jobs report headline (-23,000 payrolls and a combined -103,000 in prior-month revisions) glances over a more nuanced picture: layoffs remain historically low and job openings remain plentiful. Thi…
On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF (FNDX) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several to…
Gold (XAU/USD) extends its two-way price moves for the second straight day and trades above $4,650 during the Asian session on Wednesday. The commodity remains within striking distance of its highest level since May 14 …
Advisors and investors who have been keeping an eye on recent headlines are likely aware that rare earths are becoming increasingly valuable for countries across the globe. After all, countries like the United States ar…
The convergence of a major stock market correction and soaring oil prices has created one of the most challenging investment environments in recent years. On March 27, 2026, the Dow Jones Industrial Average officially e…
LONDON — August 24, 2026 — ETFGI, reports Active ETF Assets Reach Record US$ 2.59 Trillion as Industry Posts Highest-Ever YTD Inflows of US$ 590 Billion at end July. During July the actively managed ETFs industry global…
Given that 2026 has has largely been more favorable for value stocks than usual, advisors and investors might be looking to tilt their portfolio towards value-forward approaches. Key Takeaways: Value strategies are havi…
Midstream MLPs and corporations generally posted strong second-quarter earnings, benefiting from record volume throughput, strong margins, and robust demand for natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) exports. Compani…
UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.7% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2025, unrevised from the first estimate.
August 16, 2026, 1:06 AM EDT. Europe’s fifth heatwave of the year is exposing a widening gap between the economic damage caused by extreme heat and what traditional business-interruption policies cover. Moody’s estimate…
With gold prices surging in recent weeks, it’s fair to assume that many advisors and investors are keeping close watch on where the precious metal goes from here. However, silver is also benefiting from the upswing and …
Tokenized versions of stocks like Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) are growing faster than other categories of real-world assets moving onto blockchains, according to a recent report from CoinShares and Token Terminal. The tokenized…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s announcement that the Treasury could use $1 trillion of Treasury General Account money to fund bond buybacks is the latest indication of a darkening outlook for the U.S. dollar. As yie…
When it comes to equities exposure, investors typically gravitate toward a passive, market-cap-weighted index as the default strategy. These strategies are often billed as an efficient, low-cost method to capture broad …
Retail sales in Poland eased to 3.9% year-on-year in July 2026 from a 6.2% jump in the previous month, missing market forecasts of 4.5%.
Below is a roundup of news and analysis on a range of issues making headlines in Germany from Wednesday, August 27:
No, thanks. I absolutely do not want to start banking with a social media company. Elon Musk has been touting the idea of X Money since he took over Twitter back in 2022 and it is finally a reality… kind of.
For 11 of the 12 years following the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. stocks beat international markets. But that trend has flipped: Over the past four years, international equities have taken the lead.
Over the 10 years ended December 31, 2025, investors in U.S. mutual funds and ETFs earned an average annual return of 8.7%, compared with 9.9% for the funds themselves. According to Morningstar’s latest Mind the Gap res…
Advisors hunting for a crypto specific catalyst behind this week’s Bitcoin move will not find one. The driver sits in the rates complex. The minutes of the last FOMC meeting showed a committee more divided, and more res…
U.S. investors are facing quite a bit of concentration risk, even as markets seem to be broadening. Entering 2026, prior to all the geopolitical volatility, investors were clamoring for ex-U.S. equities. Now, despite th…
The U.S. manufacturing sector is larger than most people realize, with 17% of world manufacturing value added – more than Japan, Germany, Korea, Italy, and France combined.
The comparison is understandable. Technological breakthroughs have a long history of attracting capital, capturing investors’ imaginations, and creating expectations that eventually prove difficult to satisfy. Today, en…
To start with, copper itself had a fairly strong performance in July. As Jacob White, CFA, director, ETF product management, Sprott Asset Management noted, the price of spot copper was up 3.65% over the past month, as o…
