Friday, 4 September 2026
Global markets, trading & world business — for professional traders
Our global markets watchlist tracks nine prominent indexes from economies around the world. The list includes the S&P 500 from the United States, TSX from Canada, the FTSE 100 from England, the DAXK from Germany, the CA…
Jensen Investment Management, a shop focused on quality ETF offerings, has filed for a new index-based quality ETF. The firm, which already offers active funds like the Jensen Quality Growth ETF (JGRW), can now expand i…
VettaFi’s Midyear Market Outlook symposium Thursday saw industry leaders take on the big questions. Where is the market going? How should investors and advisors navigate uncertainty and potential volatility? Leaders fro…
Historically investors have bought physical commodity ETFs to gain direct exposure to the spot price of real assets. These funds provide a straightforward way to hedge against inflation and market volatility without the…
On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQM) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several topics related to the…
A handful of key economic data points dropped last week, painting a picture of an economy that is successfully downshifting from its recent inflation peaks even as consumers keep their footing. Between a deceleration in…
These days, forecasting what the Federal Reserve has in store for interest rates feels like a futile endeavor. Consensus wisdom indicates the central bank is highly unlikely to cut or raise rates this month, but after t…
The week of July 20 brings an avalanche of marquee earnings reports and with the artificial intelligence (AI) trade experiencing significant retrenchment, semiconductor stocks are under duress. That could put added focu…
Building a portfolio from scratch, or looking to refresh one that needs an overhaul? Core funds provide the bedrock upon which overall portfolios are constructed. Historically, that has meant large, long-term mutual fun…
Backdrop: When governments need to borrow money to fund expenses, they generally do so by issuing bonds. In the UK, government bonds are known as ‘gilts’. Each gilt will pay a regular amount of interest over the course …
In the first half of 2026, iron ore production in India showed rapid growth, rising by 17% compared with the same period last year to 184 million tonnes. This is according to data from BigMint.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published the approved voluntary agreement that formally establishes the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Consortium under the Defense Production Act (DPA). While the name centers on fuel productio…
The average U.S. tariff on imports from China stood at 57.6 percent in September 2025, more than double the level at the beginning of the year, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Heightened…
I have been tracking the ETF industry for a long time. I remember when the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) made history as the very first ETF to hit the $100 billion mark. Since then nearly two dozen have joined SPY. In mi…
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.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirms growth of 0.5% for Italy both this year and in 2027. The figures are set out in the World Economic Outlook published on Wednesday.
China is widely expected to leave its benchmark lending rates unchanged for a 14th consecutive month in July, signaling that policymakers remain reluctant to deploy broad-based monetary stimulus even as economic growth …
A data-driven snapshot of how Euronext-listed companies are advancing their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.
From America’s founding to GDX’s 20th anniversary, gold has remained a constant store of value, and VanEck has helped investors access it for nearly 60 years.
I have a lot of short conversations about dividend stocks. They go something like this:
In this month’s View From the EDGE® Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and Deputy CIO Eric Biegeleisen present our latest outlook for the global capital markets. A printable summary is available on our website, or …
The index is currently sitting 0.5% below its record close reached on June 2nd, 2026. The table below summarizes the number of record highs reached each year dating back to 2013.
It may be hard to believe, with global markets still pressured by ongoing conflict over the Strait of Hormuz, but now could be the time for emerging markets. Emerging markets can help investors diversify away from AI hy…
The yield on the 10-year note finished July 17, 2026 at 4.55% while the 2-year note ended at 4.18%.