Alternative ETFs are on a tear this year, with Morningstar reporting $10.7 billion of net inflows through July. This comes as some semiliquid alternative funds, particularly private credit, struggle
Investors and financial advisors this year have turned to exchange-traded funds that invest in a variety of alternative strategies, even as many investors and advisors decide to flee alternative funds that have far fewer opportunities for investors to sell and cash out.
When Treasury yields sit near five-year highs, property and casualty insurers collect a quiet windfall that most income investors overlook entirely. Four dividend-raising giants are turning that structural tailwind into something much more durable than a rate-cycle trade.
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The median net worth for Americans ages 55–64 is around $364,000,
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest is putting its venture fund on blockchain rails, bringing a portfolio that includes stakes in OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks onto blockchain rails.
The ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) will issue tokenized interests using infrastructure from Securitize (SECZ), with the tokenization firm handling onchain issuance and the investor experience.
When it comes to planning your retirement, there are certain tough choices you might have to make, like deciding which account to withdraw from first and how to manage taxes. You’ll also need to figure out when to claim Social Security. And that’s probably a more loaded decision than you think it is.
AI-related stocks that had powered the Nasdaq to record highs earlier this week were among the top decliners,
Students in Iran returned to schools and universities Wednesday after months of closures due to the war with the United States, which has seen major attacks including a strike on the first day of the conflict that hit a school, killing about 150 people.
Parents walked hand-in-hand with their daughters, in mandatory headscarves and uniforms,
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes dropped Thursday as Treasury yields continued to hit new highs. Meanwhile, Nvidia (NVDA) was an early loser on the stock market today. Ahead of Thursday’s open, the Dow futures fell 0.4%, as S&P 500 futures dropped 0.6%. Nasdaq-100 futures tumbled 1.1% in morning trading.
Stock futures were under pressure Thursday as Treasury yields pushed higher, with traders increasingly betting that the Federal Reserve will lift rates again.
Nasdaq-100 futures fell about 1%. S&P 500 futures were down 0.6%, and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures declined around 215 points, or 0.4%.
The 30-year Treasury bond yield climbed to 5.44%,
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