Thursday, 3 September 2026
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There’s no denying that artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure equities endured a rough stretch in July and “rough” might even be an understatement. However, traders shouldn’t write off the sector just yet because …
The ETF landscape grows every day, with new active and passive strategies available for investors to use. Those funds range from core allocations to bespoke, thematic offerings. How, then, should investors parse that po…
While there is no shortage of demand from the nuclear renaissance, the rate of deploying new reactors will be determined by the capacity of the supply chain. Expanding capacity for supply chain bottlenecks, such as pump…
Sector ETFs have long been a part of the overall ETF ecosystem. The ETF’s transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency have made it a vehicle for all sorts of sector strategies. However, they haven’t always delivered. …
Small-cap equities are winning out against their large-cap counterparts in a classic David versus Goliath ETF battle. After years of mega-cap technology dominance, small-cap equities have delivered investors a historic …
KUALA LUMPUR (July 24): Malaysia’s headline inflation, which came unchanged year-on-year at 2% in June, is projected to remain steady for the rest of 2024, on the muted impact from the recent diesel subsidy rationalisat…
Many investors need more than traditional bonds can deliver. VanEck provides access to a range of higher-yielding asset classes built for today’s income environment. Key Takeaways With a 13.46% yield, MORT provides broa…
August 16, 2026, 1:15 PM EDT. Executives told CoinDesk that crypto allocators are evaluating tokens based on revenue, user activity and value extraction instead of using market capitalization as a quality metric. Winter…
By Alexandra Valencia and Yury Garcia JARAMIJO/SAN MATEO, Ecuador, August 15 (Reuters) – At first light on Ecuador’s Pacific coast, small fishing boats fan out from the villages of San Mateo and Jaramijo, their bows poi…
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As investor interest in income ETFs continues to surge, asset managers have increasingly innovated to meet the demand. The market has expanded beyond traditional bond-focused offerings to include a variety of derivative…
U.S. headline retail sales fell unexpectedly in July, down 0.6% to $763.6B in July, while core retail sales fell unexpectedly by 0.3%. Key Takeaways Headline retail sales fell unexpectedly in July, down 0.6% to $763.6 b…
Which sectors are showing the strongest earnings momentum? And where could investors find opportunities beyond technology? On August 18, 2026, experts from VettaFi and State Street Investment Management will discuss sec…
The week ended August 13 saw nearly $50 billion in net inflows to the ETF space. Unsurprisingly, equity ETFs received the lion’s share of the new dollars. They pulled in nearly $31 billion, with $23 billion of that goin…
The yield on the 10-year note finished August 14, 2026 at 4.68% while the 2-year note ended at 4.17%.
U.S. retail sales declined in July for the first time in nine months, according to a Commerce Department report released on Friday. The drop, which was the largest in 14 months, signals a marked slowdown in consumer spe…
For decades, the investment industry has promoted diversification as the answer to risk. Own stocks. Own bonds. Add a few additional asset classes. Rebalance periodically. The assumption was simple: different investment…
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has shed more than a third of its value this year. Obviously, that’s bad news, but not unique — the broader crypto complex is struggling in 2026.
Investors seeking income are moving into active stock funds. The category gathered $36 billion in July, according to State Street Investment Management. That brought year-to-date inflows to $272.5 billion, keeping activ…
Guessing what the Federal Reserve is going to do next is an increasingly difficult task. For some time, the war in Iran bolstered the possibility that the central bank would have to raise rates at some point this year t…
Two recent TMX VettaFi advisor polls found that unfamiliarity with free cash flow (FCF) yield and portfolio integration are the top hurdles to broader adoption of FCF strategies. The findings shape how VictoryShares and…
The AI revolution continues to drive market headlines, with a widening cast of companies carrying the banner of AI agents, infrastructure, and possibilities. Nebius Group N.V. (NBIS) surged this week following a notable…
Outperformance is only half the story of quality investing. As George Valantis, director of factors and dividends at S&P Dow Jones Indices, pointed out — the quality factor can also matter for how portfolios behave when…
A common myth in the capital markets is that, in order to achieve growth, investors need to accept greater volatility. The VictoryShares Free Cash Flow Growth ETF (GFLW) solves this dilemma by targeting profitable, grow…