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New State Street ETF Filings Offer Pure S&P Sector Plays

As longtime advisors and investors know, sometimes it’s not enough to simply keep an eye on what ETFs are currently available on the market. In fact, it’s oftentimes crucial to monitor the funds that are being filed as …

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Equal Weight ETF GSEW Offers Diversification, Performance

Concentration risk may have been overshadowed by major geopolitical events this year, but it hasn’t gone away. Indeed, the big AI hyperscalers remain a significant part of portfolios, but with that comes risk. Were AI t…

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Bitcoin Miners Cash In as AI Hits a Power Bottleneck

Bitcoin miners spent the past decade building out cheap electricity and heavy-duty power infrastructure. Now, some of the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) companies in the world are paying billions of dollars to use…

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The Magic Behind a Tap: Physical AI At Your Fingertips

We take the push of a button for granted. A tap on a smartphone’s tempered, touch-sensitive glass can summon a product, start a conversation with AI, or set a global logistics network in motion. For most of human histor…

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Betting on the Backbone: REX Files for AI Chipmaking ETF

Investor demand for AI chip manufacturers has surged this year. The industry is expected to reach revenues of $1.3 trillion in 2026, according to Yahoo Finance, driven by a global AI infrastructure buildout and a bottle…

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Leveraging Memory: Direxion Premiers Daily SK Hynix Bull 2X ETF

On July 15, Direxion launched the Direxion Daily SK Hynix Bull 2X ETF (SKHL), seeking to replicate double the daily performance of the South Korean semiconductor manufacturers Sk Hynix (SKHY). The fund provides leverage…

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Metals in Motion: Sprott Outlines New Era of Critical Minerals

The rules governing global commodity markets are starting to witness a profound shift, which is putting critical minerals at the forefront of policy. On a recent episode of ETF Guide’s Metals in Motion, Justin Tolman, S…

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High Yield Bonds Look Stronger as THYF Assets Climb

Assets in the T. Rowe Price U.S. High Yield ETF (THYF) have grown to $845.6 million, according to ETF Database, as the fund leans into a high yield bond market that its managers describe as structurally stronger than it…

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Brazil services activity shrinks 0.4% in May, missing forecasts

BRASILIA, July 15 (Reuters) – Services activity in Brazil fell 0.4% ​in May from ‌April on a seasonally adjusted basis, government statistics agency IBGE said ‌on ​Wednesday, ⁠missing economists’ expectations ⁠in a Reut…

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Market Wrap

As we move into the summer months, the U.S. economy and financial markets continue to demonstrate resilience. Corporate earnings have generally exceeded expectations, consumer spending remains healthy, and ongoing inves…

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How June’s CPI Report Could Reshape Fixed Income Portfolios

Ever since tensions ratcheted up in the Middle East earlier this year, inflation has resurfaced as a primary concern for advisors and investors alike. As such, every monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report is highly a…

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U.S. PPI Falls Unexpectedly, Lowering Inflation Concerns

A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the February jobs report revealed an unexpected contraction in employment, with the healthcare industry showing significant job losses.

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Small Caps Rally Is Running With Strong, Fundamental Legs

The big rally in small caps has the Russell 2000 easily outpacing the S&P 500 this year. While large-cap tech titans dominate the headlines, small companies have been quietly making noise with investors who have already…

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Brian Coco Dives Into RANK ETF’s Analyst & Momentum Approach

Recently, TipRanks debuted its first ETF: the DefianceKSM TipRanks Analyst ETF (RANK). Constructed in collaboration with both Defiance ETFs and VettaFi, RANK offers exposure to 50 large-cap companies that are both highl…

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Sweden’s consumer prices rise 0.3% in June, up 1.3% yearly

Trade tariffs and related uncertainty contributed to strong fluctuations in economic activity during the first half of 2025, with frontloading of activity, especially in Ireland. The unwinding of these factors in the se…

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The Race to Zero Is Losing Ground

The race to zero defined a generation of product strategy, and index funds built on dirt-cheap beta became the dominant force in asset management. That playbook still works, but it no longer tells the whole story.

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Norway’s core inflation falls to 2.7% in June, below forecasts

Norges Bank’s Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 4.5% at its meeting on 18 September. Based on the Committee’s current assessment of the outlook, the policy ra…

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China new home prices decline at slower pace in June

The miss against forecasts underscores how the Iran-linked oil shock is now compounding, rather than merely coinciding with, China's long-running property downturn, adding a fresh external drag to an already unbalanced …

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Time to Upgrade Financials? The Bull Case for Banks

The 2026 war with Iran has created an array of geopolitical consequences — some of which have directly impacted investor portfolios. Foremost among these is weakening growth expectations, which have proved to be particu…

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Strong Markets, Growing Complexity

In our view, the second quarter was defined by strong but uneven US equity performance. The S&P 500 delivered a solid rebound in April, posting its best monthly gain since November 2020 and moving to fresh record highs …