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In 2025, more retail investors in India are choosing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and index funds for their low costs and transparency.
ETF trading has exploded—from ₹51,000 crore in FY20 to a huge ₹3.83 lakh crore by FY25.
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In January 2026, millions of Social Security recipients in the U.S. will endure a lengthier wait for their benefits than at almost any other point in the year.
Of the 70 million Americans who claim retirement, disability or survivor benefits,
Putting Dow Theory to the test
The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT) has surged roughly 10% over the past month, leaving it less than half a percent below its all-time high set in November 2024. Under Dow Theory, that should bode well for the broader stock market.
A core tenet of Dow Theory is that the DJT should confirm the stock market trend.
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The Global X Silver Miners ETF (NYSEARCA: SIL) delivered 158% returns in 2025 while the S&P 500 gained 15%. Silver miners crushed the broader market by more than 140 percentage points, turning a sleepy precious metals play into one of the year’s most explosive trades. The question is whether the structural forces driving this rally can repeat in 2026.
These stocks offer high-yielding payouts that should grow in the coming years.
The dividend yield on the S&P 500 is near its record low at around 1.1%. That’s making it more challenging to find stocks with attractive yields without taking on too much risk.
However,
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One of the simplest explanations for inflation is too much money chasing too few goods. As Milton Friedman put it, “inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.”
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With this being the case, the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to begin another round of quantitative easing makes zero sense,
As he planned for his death, Jeffrey Epstein listed powerful friends and associates from Wall Street as the people who would take care of his affairs.
Versions of Epstein’s will released Tuesday by the Justice Department featured former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, former Barclays CEO Jes Staley, and former Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne as potential executors of his estate.
Sometimes the most important revolutions are the silent ones that don’t attract the column inches.
Just as profound demographic changes are almost certain to have profound macroeconomic implications, I’d maintain that the rise of ETFs (exchange-traded funds) and passive funds has profoundly changed your investment world, mainly for the good – though with some important caveats.
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This was the year that State Street made private public.
In the roughly nine months that the SPDR SSGA IG Public & Private Credit ETF (PRIV) has been trading, it has beaten its benchmark without attracting the level of flows that would make it a runaway success.
