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Nuclear Energy Ambitions Opens Up Growth for Uranium Miners

Uranium mining equities have been back on the rise as of late. Key Takeaways: Recent insights from the Sprott team show that uranium miners and junior uranium miners saw significant gains in August. These gains are occu…

Why Choose Free Cash Flow Over Other Accounting Metrics?

When it comes to identifying value, typical fundamental metrics like price-to-earnings (P/E) or price-to-book (P/B) are often used. Both metrics rest on accounting outputs (reported earnings and book value), and account…

Northern Trust to Convert $33 Billion in Mutual Funds to ETFs

Northern Trust Asset Management plans to convert six mutual funds representing approximately $33 billion in assets into exchange-traded funds during the first quarter of 2027, expanding its ETF business as investors and…

Costco Earnings Ignite Case for Consumer Staples

Costco’s fiscal year 2026 has officially concluded, and the retailing giant certainly closed out on a high note. Key Takeaways: Costco recently released its Q4 2026 and fiscal year 2026 operating results, which showcase…

Putnam Converts Focused U.S. Research Strategy to ETF Structure

More conversions to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from mutual funds continue to underscore the preference of the ETF as the investment vehicle of choice. Last week, Putnam Investments completed the conversion of its mutu…

Rethinking Equal Weight: How RAFI Offers an Alternative

As equity market concentration hits historic levels, investors are actively seeking alternative index weighting strategies to mitigate idiosyncratic risk. For decades, the default option to escape the confines of market…

Potential Diesel Export Curbs Manageable for Midstream

In recent days, energy discussions and headlines have been dominated by the potential for a U.S. diesel export ban. The U.S. is a major exporter of diesel, including to Europe, which has been hit hard by global diesel s…

The Private-Market Liquidity Gap Advisors Can Close

Institutional investors are more eager than ever to increase private market exposure, but a wall of liquidity concerns is keeping many from moving as fast as they’d like, according to Morningstar’s fifth annual Asset Ow…

New Industry Survey Reinforces Nuclear’s Growth Outlook

The global pressurized water reactor (PWR) system market is valued at USD 13.0 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 17.6 billion by 2035, expanding at a CAGR of 3.1%. This increase represents an absolute dollar…

Burning a Hole in My Pocket

I’m talking about the cash I have sitting here that I desperately want to get into the market. Earlier this year, I got a chunk of money from selling a house. I have no desire to own another home (that’s a story for ano…

Active ETFs Hit Record $2.72 Trillion on Inflow Streak

Investors pushed a record $663.59 billion into active exchange-traded funds through August, according to ETFGI, a research and consultancy firm that tracks the ETF industry. That pushed global assets in the category to …

Behind the Screens: VettaFi Team Shares Their Favorite Tickers

The VettaFi Editorial team met for a New York City onsite this week, confabbing over the latest news and important changes in the ETF ecosystem. As part of that gathering, writers and editors came together to share some…

Earnings Calendar ETFs: Why Active Has the Edge

Earnings season is here again, with the next few weeks promising some important earnings drops. From financials like JP Morgan Chase (JPM) all the way to most of the megacap tech names, markets will learn a lot. How, th…

Differentiated Growth: The Baron Risk Optimized Large Cap ETF

Investors seeking a more consistent performance profile from their large-cap growth allocation may benefit from an approach that goes beyond the market-cap-weighted approach offered by many passive funds. Baron Capital’…

Private Equity Giant MDP Acquiring Marygold Companies

The ETF industry has been abuzz with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. Adding to the growing list of M&A deals, Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) entered into a definitive agreemen…

Navigate Market Uncertainty With Baron Capital’s BCGD

September is a fun sports month. On weekends, I’m watching the baseball playoff races and the first weeks of pro football. I am also already counting down the days until my Knicks defend their NBA Championship title. Du…

Treasury Yield Surge Pressures Rate-Sensitive Shares

U.S. Treasury yields have surged to their highest levels in nearly a year as investors aggressively reprice Federal Reserve policy expectations following a string of hotter-than-expected inflation reports. The benchmark…

CCNR: The Way to Tap Commodities Through Equities

With oil prices uncomfortably high, the same being true of inflation, and all the talk of a new supercycle dawning, it’s not surprising commodities are in the spotlight. The asset class is garnering plenty of adulation …