Over the past decade, the North American midstream universe has undergone a significant transformation. This has been driven in large part by companies’ increased free cash flow generation. This shift marked a decisive …
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 investors exposure to tho…
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 myriad choices to bui…
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 result, the large-…
The UK banking system is strong enough to support households and businesses, even in a period of stress
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 first-ever U.S.-listed…
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 examining before you make t…
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 sustained buildout …
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-term bond offering…
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 storylines for the fourth…
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 debut, reflecting stro…
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, with new legislat…
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 the largest gold-bac…
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 continue keeping ene…
Generation mix: coal 1479 TWh (74%); hydro 144 TWh (7%); solar 119 TWh (6%); wind 93.5 TWh (5%); natural gas 58.8 TWh (3%); nuclear 47.9 TWh (2%); biofuels & waste 41.4 TWh (2%); oil 4.2 TWh
September WTI crude oil (CLU26) is down -0.19 (-0.23%), and September RBOB gasoline (RBU26) is down -0.0276 (-0.88%).
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the thematic investing topic that keeps on giving. However, artificial intelligence is no longer just an equity narrative. It has officially taken over the corporate bond market. Key Take…
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, technology and growth …
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, according to the com…
With the help of the Muse AI agent effort, shares of Meta Platforms (META) are on a torrid pace, surging nearly 22% for the month ending Oct. 5. Whether or not that scintillating run portends a cooling-off period will h…
Many investors have been left badly disillusioned by the apparently dismal performance of the stock market over the past decade.
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 attractive valuations a…
Earnings season kicks off in the coming days. PepsiCo leads the way, with major banks reporting soon after. Historically, financial advisors seeking fundamentally focused active equity strategies relied on mutual funds.…
September’s fixed income sell-off marked a watershed moment for muni bond markets, delivering the steepest drawdown since the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. As benchmark yields spiked, prices across muni ETFs fell in tand…
