Treasury bonds are rallying, which opens the pathway for investment opportunities in three Vanguard exchange-traded funds.

Debut US exchange-traded funds for the Ether cryptocurrency may generate much less demand than spot-Bitcoin products, according to analysts, muddying the outlook for the second-largest token.

Cathie Wood said Ark Investment Management is well positioned in artificial intelligence assets, even after her company trimmed back on Nvidia Corp. shares before the rally last year.

Summer hiring promises more than just monetary rewards for teens.

A defining feature of the post-COVID investment regime has been the persistence of elevated market uncertainty and volatility. The below visual highlights how this has led to a wider range of market performance outcomes, focusing in on the vast difference between the last two calendar years.

When a Cinderella story comes out of nowhere to win a championship, fans are ecstatic (just like I was watching Tom Brady win his first Super Bowl against the heavily favored Rams).

You’ve probably heard the term “direct indexing.” It seems like everyone is talking about it. You’ve probably also read that sales of direct indexing products are booming. But what exactly is direct indexing?

Investment-grade corporate bonds aren’t doing much to thrill fixed income investors so far this year.

More investors opt for market flexibility with active funds as inflows are outshining their passive peers in the current market environment.

Positive corporate earnings and greater participation from sectors other than technology carried stocks forward.

A peaceful retirement, including the knowledge that your business will survive long into the future without needing to be sold, can quickly evaporate if you’re still the central rain maker of your business.

Will AI accelerate the consolidation trend, or could it be the great equalizer that allows smaller firms to remain competitive?

The US is reclaiming its position as the undisputed top dog of cryptocurrency markets.

NXP Semiconductors NV is teaming up with a company partly owned by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to build a $7.8 billion chip wafer plant in Singapore, marking a boost for the island nation’s tech ambitions.

When a 23-year-old Sam Altman took the stage at Apple Inc.’s annual developer conference in 2008, he gushed about being able to use the company’s new App Store to promote his software, a friend-locating service called Loopt.

Its business is massive, its profits are booming and everyone already knows Nvidia Corp. is the hottest stock on Wall Street.

BlackRock Inc., Citadel Securities and other investors are backing an upstart Texas stock market, laying down a challenge to the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc. and signaling a potential boost for a state trying to grab more of the financial services industry.

The future of electricity demand for everything from electric cars to Bitcoin mining to artificial intelligence may also be the cure for our debt concerns.

The global economy continues to recover from pandemic aftershocks, including trade dislocations, outsize monetary and fiscal interventions, a prolonged inflation surge, and bouts of severe financial market volatility. At PIMCO’s 2024 Secular Forum, we explored how the aftereffects of those disruptions are producing some unexpectedly positive developments while introducing longer-term risks.

Jacoby looks at current macroeconomic dynamics through the lens of the movie, “A Bronx Tale,” Robert Di Nero’s directorial debut.

Bitcoin traded lower on May 31, but overall, the fifth month of the year was kind to the digital asset.

While emphasis on domestic bonds is valid, market participants should be careful to not ignore emerging markets bond opportunities.

As the global economy builds on its recovery this year, markets may see increased volatility due to divergent central bank policies, geopolitics and election outcomes.

Avantis Chief Investment Strategist Phil McInnis discusses the firm’s impressive growth and then dives into active ETFs covering small cap value and international equities. VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth offers insight into the latest advisor polling data from their recently held Alternatives Symposium.

Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger took the stage at the Computex show in Taiwan to talk about new products he expects will help turn back the tide of share losses to peers, including AI leader Nvidia Corp.

Fidelity Investments is flexing its muscles in efforts to extract payments from ETF firms in exchange for listing and maintaining their products on its massive platform, stoking industry ire.

As private equity investment in health care has surged to almost $1 trillion over the past decade — funding new technologies, clinical trials and more — a lack of transparency has made it hard to assess whether the industry is also putting patients at risk.

There are many historical relationships within financial markets based on sound economic theory, which accordingly repeat cycle after cycle. High yield bonds and small cap stocks typically move in line with each other, but the two have diverged since 2022.

One of our main contentions in recent months is that the Federal Reserve, by switching from a scarce reserve model to an abundant reserve model, has completely taken over the short-term interest rates marketplace.

The story that captured all media attention last week was Donald Trump’s guilty verdict. But the Trump conviction had no effect on the markets or predicted probabilities in betting markets for him becoming president.

Despite the falling yield spreads, investors continue to bet on rising prices in emerging markets (EM) bonds.

Our outlook on the 11 S&P 500 equity sectors.

Investors’ enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI) equities remains undaunted.

Survey after survey has been indicating that Americans feel worse off today compared to the recent past; so much so that many of them indicate the economy is currently in recession, that the rate of unemployment is the highest in several decades, that inflation is very high today, etc.

VettaFi’s Head of Research Todd Rosenbluth discussed the abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF (BCI) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe of “Money Life.” The pair talked about several topics regarding the fund to give investors a deeper understanding of the ETF overall.

As the political machinery of an election year roars to life, inundating every media platform with its cacophony, it becomes increasingly challenging to block out the pervasive noise. However, amid this clamor, there are compelling reasons why maintaining focus on your investment strategy is imperative.

Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s chiefs showcased new generations of the chips powering the global boom in AI development, deepening a rivalry that may decide the direction of artificial intelligence design and adoption.

After relentlessly pursuing $100-a-barrel oil, the OPEC+ cartel has all but thrown in the towel. Whether the U-turn is a tactical retreat, or a strategic shift, is still unclear. But for now its impact would be the same: Oil prices would be somewhat lower and global inflation would ease.

Emerging markets can offer traders the ability to play off strength outside U.S. borders, and with leveraged ETFs.

As measured by the Russell 2000 Index, small-caps have offered barely any upside this year.

The people who experience the US economy continue to disagree with the people who measure it, and the most likely reason is inflation: Most Americans still see it as a major problem, while most economists don’t. But this debate recently veered from economics to semantics.

AI and EVs can potentially increase the nation’s productivity growth, which would go a long way toward boosting economic growth. However, with the potential benefits come significant investments. Some companies have already made massive investments in those industries. Others, like those involving the power grid, are just getting started.

Corporate greed is not causing inflation, despite the claims of many on the political left who failed to understand the very basics of economic supply and demand.

Data is important but not everything. Perceptions matter, too. Today we’ll look at how people feel inflation and what it may mean in the years to come.

To help put things in perspective, ChatGPT currently has over 180 million users, but there are around 5.3 billion internet users around the world. Imagine if each of them became a regular user of energy-intensive ChatGPT, whose servers are located in the U.S., according to owner OpenAI.

While the money and bond markets continue their Fed-watch saga, there is one constant that we have been emphasizing for the fixed income landscape: a new rate regime.

Market inefficiencies create opportunities for active managers. We believe there are more mispriced companies in small cap growth than in other equity markets, and we have developed an approach that allows us to capitalize consistently when we find them.

Few investments pay off as well as time spent pursuing financial history – to paraphrase George Santayana only slightly: study the past in order to prevent it from picking your pockets.

From potentially brand-damaging ethical risks to regulatory uncertainty, AI poses challenges for investors. But there is a path forward.

Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang will lead a gathering of tech business leaders in Taipei starting Sunday, an unusual opportunity for the industry’s most important executives to come together and figure out the future of computing and AI.