Major U.S. stock indexes surged in afternoon trading Friday, as a volatile week of equities trading gets set to draw to a close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4% recent trading, while the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 were both up 0.7%. All three indexes closed sharply higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq recording their biggest one-day point gains since 2022, as the economic concerns that had roiled the market for the past week subsided after a benign weekly jobless claims report.

Dow Jones Today: Stocks Move Higher; S&P 500, Nasdaq Back in the Green for the Week

Some top money managers sold Nvidia stock during the first quarter, while reallocating capital to the iShares Bitcoin Trust. The recent approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs is bringing institutional investors like hedge funds and investment banks to the market. Bitcoin block subsidies were reduced by 50% in April 2024, and...

Billionaires Are Selling Nvidia Stock and Buying an Index Fund That Could Soar Up to 5,655%, According to Certain Wall Street Analysts

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Her flagship Ark Innovation ETF has sunk 21% year to date.

Cathie Wood buys $59 million of pummeled tech stocks

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Indexes rose Thursday as investors reacted to a surprisingly strong increase in retail sales and lower jobless claims.

Stock market today: Dow soars 555 points as strong economic data calms recession worries

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With over a year of interest rates continuing to remain above 5%, many investors appear to be taking a more defensive approach to portfolio construction. That’s not to say that capital is increasingly flowing into mega-cap companies that are generally considered to be safer due to their size. In fact, a rotation has been building […]
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3 Stocks That Will Pop From a Big Interest Rate Cut

(Table below reflects daily flows on August 16, 2024 and asset totals as of that date.) Welcome to the etf.com league table. On this page, you’ll find the U.S. ETF market through different lenses: brand and issuer. What’s the difference? The brand is what the ETF says on the tin. For example, "iShares" is the brand of issuer "BlackRock’s" ETFs. Because many issuers license their ETF infrastructure to third parties, we present the data in both ways. The identification of the correct brand and legal issuer is done by our key data provider, FactSet.

Invesco Has $281.4M in Outflows

U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Friday as investors weighed this week's flood of key data and considered the state of the economy. Yields and prices move in opposite directions. One basis point equals 0.01%. Treasurys. Yields had jumped on Thursday after U.S. retail sales figures for July came in...

Treasury yields fell as investors absorbed week's burst of economic data

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The utility sector may appeal to value and income investors.

Despite Holding No "Magnificent Seven" Stocks, This High-Yield Fund Is the Top-Performing Vanguard ETF in 2024

Three of the most successful hedge fund managers in the first half of 2024 bought shares of the Invesco QQQ Trust in the first quarter. The Invesco QQQ Trust is a growth-focused index fund that includes dozens of companies well positioned to benefit as AI spending increases. The fund returned...

Billionaires Are Selling Nvidia Stock and Buying 1 Supercharged Index Fund for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Boom

JP Morgan Asset Management named veteran Travis Spence to lead its global exchange-traded funds business, which manages $190 billion in 102 ETFs worldwide. Based in London and reporting to CIO and global head of asset management solutions Jed Laskowitz, Spence will lead ETF product development, capital markets, the firm’s newly formed ETF insights division and continue to head ETF distribution across EMEA. Spence, who has been at the firm for 20 years, takes the post immediately.

JPMorgan AM Names Travis Spence Global ETF Head

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Rockefeller is also bringing a handful of actively managed municipal bond ETFs to market. Vanguard Group Inc., the world's second-largest ETF issuer, is adding a pair of actively managed municipal bond funds, joining a growing trend of asset managers entering the active muni ETF space. The Vanguard Core Tax-Exempt Bond...

Vanguard Expands Active Muni Bond ETF Lineup

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A handful of institutional investors bought large positions in former President Donald Trump’s media company in the second quarter ahead of the company's inclusion in two Russell indexes, regulatory filings released on Wednesday showed.

BlackRock, Vanguard big purchasers of Trump Media shares in Q2, filings show

Investors love stocks that give high-quality, consistent returns, and blue chip stocks are just the type that can provide the kind of portfolio stability so many are after. Blue chip companies are those with proven track records in the market that operate with strong business models. These companies tend to provide reliable dividends and consistent […]
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Wall Street extends its winning streak as investors feel more confident about the economy.

Stock Market Today: Stocks end higher as consumers defy recession fears; Walmart soars

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Tom Graff of Facet is a former bond investor who only owns stock ETFs. When Tom Graff thinks about his investment portfolio, he is mostly looking a few decades down the road, which helps explain his comfort being 100% in equities. Graff, 47, is the chief investment officer at Facet...

Portfolio IQ: All Equity ETFs All the Time

As the Fed considers cutting rates, bonds look rich with opportunities. With the first Fed interest rate cut in more than four years expected next month, fixed income experts are loaded with high hopes for a cycle that will put bond allocations front and center. “There’s interest in fixed income...

Bond Experts Advise Moving Out of Cash, Into Fixed Income

The ETF tracking the VIX is a day-trader's hedging tool. When fear struck the stock market last week, so did the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (VIXY), as the fund that tracks “the fear index” jumped nearly 50% in one day. Now that investor nerves have calmed, VIXY has fallen dramatically.

ETF Spotlight: VIXY Rises and Falls With Volatility

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) Thursday closed up +1.61%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +1.39%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +2.46%. US stocks Thursday finished sharply higher, with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials, and Nasdaq 100 posting 2-week highs. Signs...

Stocks Finish Higher on Solid US Economic News

Japanese stocks led the gains in Asian markets Friday after Wall Street rallied to one of its best days of the year as data showed the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected, with particular credit going to the country’s shoppers. U.S. futures were higher while oil prices...

Japan Stocks Lift Asian Market Higher After US Retail Data Boosts Wall Street

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Index Funds End Week on a High Note

The stock market is back near record highs. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) ended the week on a high note, with a gain of...

Index Funds End Week on a High Note

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