Rising oil prices are usually seen as an inflation warning. Yet Thornburg Investment Management argues the longer prices stay high, the more likely they are to pull inflation down. Key Takeaways: U.S. households spend a…
Indonesia stocks have taken a fresh blow after MSCI launched a consultation on Friday which threatened to eject the country from its emerging market benchmarks, double-downgrading it to ‘standalone’ status. For U.S. inv…
For the week ending Tuesday, Oct. 13, shares of SpaceX (SPCX) slumped nearly 9%. Part of the drag on the stock was reaction to the company’s telecom ambitions. SpaceX’s Starlink is a major provider of satellite internet…
The race to fund artificial intelligence has moved into bonds, where tech giants now compete with governments for investors. Key Takeaways: Roughly one-third of investment-grade corporate supply through August 31 was lo…
Dubai: If you thought ETFs were already flooding the market, 2025 just took it to a whole new level. In just the first four months of the year, 847 new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were launched globally—a record-breaki…
The quickest way to add nuclear power to the U.S. grid is to get more out of the reactors already running. Over the past month, Google (GOOG) and Amazon (AMZN) signed agreements backing nearly 1.2 GW of uprates at exist…
Artificial intelligence (AI) remains a compelling long-term secular trend. However, growing market scrutiny surrounds AI. Massive capital spending and deferred monetization timelines raise risks impacting ETFs. For exam…
By Ryan Krystopowicz, CFA, Head of RIA Portfolio Solutions Distribution & Specialists; and Lauren Pfendt, Senior Associate, Portfolio Solutions Key Takeaways SMAs can give investors greater control over individual holdi…
Despite gold’s price dip in September, sector fundamentals look solid: producers are reporting near-record margins, strong balance sheets, and management teams focused on execution. Key Takeaways Strong cash flow is giv…
The world's largest copper mine, Escondida, is on the brink of a strike. The supervisors and professional staff union at BHP's Chilean operation said Tuesday that labor and management failed to reach a new collective co…
BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission will propose curbs on imports from China going beyond the safeguard measures it agreed with Beijing to halve inbound shipments of Chinese hybrid cars, European Commis…
S&P 500 Today LIVE: The S&P 500 declined on October 15, 2026, as selling pressure in technology and semiconductor stocks weighed on the broader US market. According to the supplied market snapshot, the index fell 48.19 …
The global video gaming ecosystem is gaining upward momentum in the fourth quarter, fueled by strong enterprise demand for artificial intelligence (AI) tools, cloud infrastructure expansion, and direct-to-consumer mobil…
Looking for a broader base of market support As third-quarter earnings season begins, the S&P 500 Index sits just below last week’s all-time closing high. But how strong is the foundation under stocks’ latest push? One …
Markets today are defined by AI. From yields to the movements of the S&P 500 — the story is, like it or not, a story of data centers, chips, and models. For investors, then, what are the best ways to get exposure to AI …
The United States recorded a budget deficit of $1.99 trillion in fiscal 2026, an increase of $217 billion from the prior year, according to Reuters. Figures released by the Treasury Department on Friday showed the short…
Recent weakness across nuclear energy ETFs represents a market dislocation in the industry. While public equities have pulled back year to date, strong regulatory tailwinds and massive private sector funding suggest tha…
Amid two ongoing hot wars involving major energy-producing countries — the war in Iran and the Russia/Ukraine conflict — the commodities arena may appear to be a hazardous place for investors to allocate capital. But re…
Inflation came in hotter than the consensus expected September CPI rose 0.6% month-on-month and 3.7% year-on-year, above the 3.6% consensus.1 Energy did much of the work, with gasoline prices up 9.1% over the month and …
For decades, Japan’s military spending was tame compared to other developed nations with comparably sized economies. But in recent years, the Land of the Rising Sun kicked defense spending into high gear. Those changes,…
With elevated U.S. stock valuations, rising interest rates, and overall market uncertainty, investors may want to consider diversifying abroad – one reason being to help mitigate concentration risk from the handful of n…
Gold prices moved to session highs on Thursday after U.S. retail sales data showed consumer spending increased more than economists had anticipated, according to Kitco News.
ORLANDO, Florida, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The AI equity rout accelerated significantly in Asia on Thursday on growing fears about the murky, circular financing powering the intelligence revolution's buildout, although its fo…
Buying bitcoin once meant handing over cash or wiring money to Tokyo, said Henri Arslanian, co-founder of Nine Blocks Capital Management. He described how access has changed, from bank closures to ETFs, stablecoins, and…