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How Share Buybacks Can Create Compelling Value Trades

Broadly speaking, there are plenty of different metrics that analysts and investors can employ when trying to determine whether a stock is undervalued or not. Key Takeaways: There are many methods to identify a good val…

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How Active Tech ETF TTEQ Smashed Its Benchmark

Active ETFs have exploded in popularity in recent years, driving more and more ETF launches overall. Despite their comparatively smaller overall AUM among ETFs, they’ve gathered an outsized amount of flows. Within that …

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Beyond the Growth-Value Divide: All-Weather Core QVML

For years, investors have found themselves caught in a relentless tug-of-war between high-flying growth stocks and the steady, albeit often overlooked, appeal of value investing. As recent market rotations have vividly …

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ETF Prime: VettaFi’s Focus on Fundamental Indexing

VettaFi’s acquisition of RAFI Indices and the case for fundamental indexing were the focus on this week’s ETF Prime. Host Nate Geraci welcomed Tom Hendrickson, president of TMX VettaFi. He was followed by Rob Arnott, ch…

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Crude Stock Surprises with Unexpected Increase, Defying Forecasts

Amid the challenging backdrop of high oil prices and interest rates, major U.S. corporations are projected to deliver their strongest quarterly earnings growth in five years. The surge has been spearheaded by Big Tech c…

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SpaceX Allocation More Than Doubles in UFO ETF

On May 20, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website published SpaceX’s S-1 registration statement. The next day, a fund with the ticker “NASA” raised $375 million in a single day, and its assets under m…

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New ETF Bets on the Machinery Behind AI Chipmaking

Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX - Get Free Report)'s stock price was up 2.9% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $311.39 and last traded at $310.96. 9,231,983 shares traded hands duri…

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High Beta, Short Supply: The Drivers of Silver’s New Rally

Much like gold, the price of silver saw significant growth across the month of August. Key Takeaways: Silver and gold both saw their spot prices increase in August, but insights from Sprott note that silver’s price rose…

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Some Perspective on Inflation

Since regaining the Oval Office in early 2025, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for lower interest rates1 and severely criticized former Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell’s cautious approach to inter…

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AI Optimism Returns, Pushing Inflation Risks Into the Background

Market sentiment is often misunderstood as a simple barometer of optimism or fear. Yet, as this week’s market swings demonstrate, it is a nuanced, dynamic interplay of data, corporate signals, geopolitical developments,…

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Adding Municipals? 3 Muni ETFs That Have Led Over 3 Years

Municipal bonds have seen an uptick in interest as more investors look to reduce tax exposures. Economic headwinds are putting pressure on overall portfolios, while shifting yield pictures are seeing portfolios refresh …

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How Personal AI Is Upending Consumer Business Models

AI could hollow out jobs, reshape them gradually, create entirely new ones—or do all three at once. The case for starting to act now doesn’t depend on knowing which.

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Staples ETF Widens Gap Over Discretionary in 2026

The State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) has climbed 6.6% so far in 2026, according to State Street data as of September 21. The State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) has…

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World Markets Watchlist: September 21, 2026

Vietnam was not added to MSCI’s watch list for a potential upgrade from frontier market to emerging market status in the index provider’s 2026 Annual Market Classification Review, despite a series of regulatory reforms …

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OUSM ETF Rebalances: Highlighting Quality Factor Shifts

The index underpinning the ALPS O’Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM) recently completed its annual reconstitution on September 18. Small-cap equities continue to navigate persistent macroeconomic shifts a…

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VFLO’s Rebalance Re-Energizes Its Free Cash Flow Strategy

Large-cap valuations continue to stretch toward unprecedented levels, which makes it difficult for traditional accounting-based metrics to locate true value. The VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF (VFLO) addresses this ch…

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ELFY Rebalances: See Moves in Key AI Trend ETF

It’s rebalance season for the ETF world, with the latest moves coming for the ALPS Electrification Infrastructure ETF (ELFY). The electrification ETF made some notable drops and additions, while also naming a new number…

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S&P 500 Snapshot: Stocks Edge Lower for 2nd Straight Week

The S&P 500 wrapped up the week with a fractional loss of nearly 1%, ending lower for a second straight week. Key Takeaways The S&P 500 ended fractionally lower for the week, down 0.08%. The index is currently sitting 1…

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GCSH Passes $250 Million in AUM: Here’s How It Happened

Generally speaking, when an ETF that is relatively new to the market has already been accruing significant inflows, advisors and investors likely should begin paying more attention to what the fund is doing. Key Takeawa…

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WTIP: An Efficient Inflation-Fighting ETF

Some asset classes have well-earned inflation-thumping reputations. In this environment, advisors and investors are embracing segments such as commodities and Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS). Thanks to t…

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Bitcoin ETFs Could Triple Gold Funds Within 5 Years

U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds needed less than two years to approach $120 billion in assets, a pace that took gold ETFs well over a decade to match, Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas sai…