Dollar rides yield surge as Middle East and trade wars raise inflation stakes
The dollar rode U.S. Treasury yields higher on Friday and hovered near a 40-year peak against the yen, as a spike in oil prices and a renewed global trade war raised the stakes for inflation.
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The dollar rode U.S.
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Read MoreThe 2026 Intern’s Guide to ETFs
Our recent intern guides covered how markets work and how trading works. Today, we switch to an important part of the stock market ecosystem: Exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
ETFs are one of the most successful financial innovations of the last 30 years. Since their launch (in Canada) in 1990,
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Read MoreCollect $2,000 a Month in Rent and Never Meet a Tenant. These 3 ETFs Handle the Hard Part
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VNQ and SCHH deliver diversified US REIT income with near-zero fees and year-to-date price gains of 14% and 18% respectively.
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REET spreads $4.79 billion across REITs in 30-plus countries, covering senior housing, logistics warehouses, and data centers for global property income.
European Central Bank officials ready to raise interest rates in September
The European Central Bank is gearing up for another interest rate hike at its September 10 meeting, a move that would push the deposit facility rate to 2.5% and mark the second increase in a tightening cycle. Just months ago, the ECB was still cutting rates.
From cuts to hikes in a matter of months
Back in April 2026,
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Read MoreYour Social Security Check Won’t Cover the Bills You Already Have. These 4 ETFs Pay the Difference
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The Social Security check hits your account on the same day every month, and every month it comes up short. Groceries cost more. The electric bill runs longer. Your Medicare Part B premium keeps nudging up. The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment was 2.8%,
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Sentiment Extreme Warns Traders To Watch Out
Largely, trading falls into one of 3 buckets. Fundamental, technical or sentiment analysis. For the most part, we focus on valuations as part of fundamental analysis and charts as part of technical analysis but sentiment analysis has a time and place, and they appear to be right here, right now.
Tom McClellan, famous for creating the McClellan Oscillator pointed out a remarkable statistic that hasn’t surfaced in over 5 years.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Paul Tudor Jones Is Betting Big Against the Bond Market: How You Can Too.
Stan Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones, both among the most successful traders ever, are now on the same side of a trade: shorting long-duration bonds.
This move is more than just a hedge but rather it’s a bet that interest rates are headed higher, and when these legendary traders make such strong statements,
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1 Surefire Stock That Could 2x Your Money
Despite the firm’s revenue and profit numbers being in line with Wall Street estimates, the FinTech stock underwent a sharp decline. Pre-market trading saw the business lose 8% of its value overnight,
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