In this episode, Brendan sits down with financial advisor Adam Wojtkowski to unpack a major shift he’s making in his business: separating financial planning from investment management into two distinct offerings—and in …
The week ended August 14 saw readers on ETF Database and ETF Trends turn mainly to stories focused on thematic ETFs, all of which involved ETFs addressing concerns that are top of mind for investors at the moment.
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…
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. …
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 …
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…
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…
Two weeks ago, Robert left a comment that asked me to name my five favorite dividend stocks that pay monthly. I can easily rattle off my five favorite dividend stocks right now, but none of them pay out monthly.
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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The yield on the 10-year note finished August 14, 2026 at 4.68% while the 2-year note ended at 4.17%.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SpaceX (SPCX) captured investor attention once again this week as investors digested a series of rapid developments that are fundamentally reshaping the company’s valuation story. What began as a pure-play commercial sp…
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…
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…
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…