Tilting toward small caps can be one of the more academically grounded ways to potentially outperform the broader market over long periods.
However, the strategy is only useful if you can actually stick with it through periods of underperformance. That has not been easy over the past decade.
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The Invesco PHLX Semiconductor ETF (SOXQ +0.43%) shows that there is more than one way to gain semiconductor exposure. If your main priority is minimizing fees, this ETF may be one of the more appealing choices in the category, thanks to its 0.19% expense ratio.
On a $10,000 investment,
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Domestic mutual funds actively repositioned portfolios in April 2026, increasing allocations to sectors such as banking, FMCG and healthcare while continuing to witness strong investor flows into flexi-cap schemes, according to Ambit Capital’s latest report, “Strategy: MF Activity Tracker – Dissecting MF Portfolio: Where’s the Flow?” The report provides a detailed assessment of portfolio changes,
The dollar index (DXY00) on Thursday climbed to a 2-week high, finishing up by 0.29%. The dollar garnered support from Thursday’s as-expected US April retail sales report, signaling signs of a resilient US economy. Also, signs of progress in US-China trade negotiations are supportive of the dollar after Reuters reported that the US and China are weighing a potential framework under which each country identifies about $30 billion in goods on which tariffs could be eased without threatening national security interests.
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It doesn’t take an economist to tell you that Americans are feeling a significant strain on their finances this spring. One of the most noticeable impacts of the ongoing war in Iran is the effect on gas prices.
Americans are paying an average of $4.50 per gallon, up about 50% since the start of the conflict.
US-Iran War LIVE Updates: Trump and Xi begin second day of talks in Beijing’s power center.
US-Iran war LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet on Friday to wrap up a two-day state visit. Trump is on his first visit to China since 2017,
By Stephen Culp and Ragini Mathur
NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks advanced on Thursday, lifted by a rally in tech stocks as investors absorbed generally solid economic data and watched for developments from Beijing, where U.S. President Trump was engaged in a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
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Investors choosing between the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV +0.78%) and iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM +0.63%) are essentially deciding between lower-cost, technology-heavy large-cap stability and volatile small-cap exposure.
Both iShares offerings provide foundational broad-market exposure,
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Cisco stock saw a double digit surge on Thursday, highlighting an emerging theme within the AI trade: dot-com-era winners are back.
In a wave of ’90s nostalgia, many of the tech stocks that dominated the market ahead of the dot-com crash have seen an AI-driven pop that’s taken them back to records after years of struggling to reclaim the peak.
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