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Oracle Cloud Boom Meets Cost Cuts: Targeting the Tension With ORCU

Oracle (ORCL) has been garnering a lot of attention lately, and artificial intelligence (AI) is at the center of much of it. The tech giant is making a massive bet on AI and cloud infrastructure, while simultaneously cu…

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What Investors Should Know About Gold Mining Equities

Gold had a strong August, gaining 9.67% for the month and closing at $4,437.38 on August 31 — its best monthly performance since January. The month saw two distinct legs higher: an initial jump in early August driven by…

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Personal Principles as An Investment Screener

Foreign Direct Investment Regimes 2026 covers foreign investment policy, law and scope of application, jurisdiction and procedure and substantive assessment – in 30 jurisdictions.

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With Rates on the Rise, Lean Into the Financials Sector

The Financial Stability Review (FSR) assesses developments relevant for financial stability, including identifying and prioritising the main sources of systemic risk and vulnerabilities for the euro area financial syste…

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SPIVA Report: Active Managers Struggle as Market Breadth Expands

According to the latest SPIVA U.S. Scorecard report, broader isn’t always better for active managers. Following a volatile start to the year, the S&P 500 did rebound sharply in the second quarter to gain 10% through Jun…

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How Digital Assets ETF FDIG Has Stood Out This Year

The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:IBIT) and the Fidelity Crypto Industry and Digital Payments ETF (NASDAQ:FDIG) offer fundamentally different exposures. One holds bitcoin itself. The other holds companies that touch…

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BNY Investments’ ETF Suite Breaks Past $20 Billion in AUM

The BNY Investments ETF lineup has now surpassed a key milestone. As of September 18, 2026, BNY Investments’ collection of ETFs now has a total of more than $20 billion in assets under management. Key Takeaways: BNY Inv…

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US ETF Inflows Hit Record $1.51 Trillion Before Q4

The 2025 crypto market review reveals a clear shift in how digital assets are now traded. Returns were driven primarily by ETF flows, macroeconomic liquidity conditions, regulatory clarity, and the concentration of netw…

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Republican China committee chair urges tough Trump line with Xi

By Jacob Bogage and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House in his latest threat…

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BIG NUMBER | 2.59%

Barnes & Noble was once seen as another casualty of Amazon. Today, it’s expanded to over 700 stores nationwide. In this episode, Fortune’s Phil Wahba explores CEO James Daunt’s plan to save America’s biggest book chain …

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T. Rowe Price: Which AI Stocks Have Growth Built to Last?

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The Bulls Still Have the Edge, but the Margin Is Narrowing

The race for positioning in the 2026 Sal’s NBL postseason remains wide open, with no team yet guaranteed a top-two finish and all 11 teams still mathematically alive in the chase for a top-six berth. But with four teams…

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As Midterms Loom, Here Are the Opportunities in Muni Bonds

2026 has already offered plenty of headline impacts on portfolios, from wars to huge technological leaps to stubborn inflation in each CPI report. One calendar event that has loomed even since last year, the 2026 U.S. m…

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Credit Spreads Look Priced for Perfection, Thornburg Says

Corporate bond spreads, the extra yield investors demand for default risk, have tightened for three years even as delinquencies and bankruptcies climbed, according to Thornburg Investment Management. Key Takeaways: Corp…

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ETF Prime: Record Inflows and the First TXSE ETF Launch

Record ETF inflows and a historic exchange debut were the focus on this week’s ETF Prime. Host Nate Geraci welcomed Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, followed by Brian Casey, CEO of Westwood Holdings Group. …

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Fresh Off a Big Milestone, Disruptive Tech ETF FDTX Is Spiking

Tech equities have lifted countless portfolios to new heights amid the broader AI revolution. The hyperscalers have certainly done their part, but so much so that their massive market share has created notable concentra…

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T. Rowe Price Launches Three Active Equity ETFs

T. Rowe Price Group launched three active equity ETFs Thursday. The funds target biotechnology, small-cap and mid-cap stocks, the company said. Key Takeaways T. Rowe Price added three active equity ETFs to its lineup th…

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Retail Sales Rebound Strongly in August

U.S. headline retail sales rebounded in August, up 1.2% to $773.9 in August, while core retail sales increased by 1.4%. Key Takeaways Headline retail sales increased in August, up 1.2% to $773.9 billion. Core retail sal…

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Get in Early: Tax Loss Harvesting Opportunities Are Spiking

Last minute shopping, cold weather — tax loss harvesting? Many investors and advisors are used to harvesting losses from their investments in the holiday season. With so much going on in bond markets, however, it may be…

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Novel ETFs: New Strategies Push Boundaries

As ETF strategies continue to expand into new asset classes and structures, the SEC has been taking a closer look at how some of these products fit within existing regulations. Prediction market ETFs have drawn much of …