Amid ongoing economic and geopolitical uncertainty, investors are increasingly turning to commodities for their diversification potential. But what’s next? Join the experts from Aberdeen Investments and Bloomberg for an interactive webinar.
Two perspectives emerge when analyzing the state of US consumers. Sentiment surveys paint a picture of economic weakness, yet behavioral data tells a different story — spending remains in line with historical expansion trends.
JPMorgan Asset Management is seeking to convert two municipal-bond mutual funds with over $840 million of assets into ETFs in 2026, underscoring the growing popularity of the products.
The crypto downturn has pushed a slew of Bitcoin miners to the brink of unprofitability, prompting operators to scale back the energy-hungry machines that keep the blockchain running.
Following the disappointment of its open-source Llama 4 model, Meta's AI strategy is undergoing a major shift, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg now personally directing efforts toward monetizable models.
Despite controversial leadership and little to no profits, experts believe public stock investors will be highly eager to embrace these massive listings, potentially breaking the multi-year IPO rut. If SpaceX lists at its massive rumored valuation, it would catalyze a "massive trend of IPO activity," forcing similar giants like Stripe and ByteDance to follow suit.
Discover the power of niche marketing for financial advisors to attract high-value, ideal clients and achieve scalable growth. Stop generalizing and start specializing to build a more profitable practice.
Gen Z and younger millennials are the high-asset clients of the future, and advisors need to work on connecting with them now. From my perspective, there’s one clear success strategy for advisors: expanding your financial planning services.
As 2025 comes to a close, I am using this column to offer high-impact strategies for you and your team to implement before the year ends. While you are likely focused on tax planning, Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs), and the other client necessities, it is equally important to address the operational and strategic health of your practice.
Gold ETFs globally reported net inflows of gold for the sixth straight month, driven by a strong surge in Asian investment.
Global fund managers expect the surge in nuclear stocks to continue, driven by energy demands that extend beyond the needs of artificial intelligence and an improving regulatory outlook worldwide.
With great power comes great responsibility. But in the age of artificial intelligence (AI), power means megawatts, not metaphors.
Energy commodities enter 2026 at an interesting crossroads. On one hand, oil and gas markets have abundant supply and somewhat softer pricing. On the other hand, the ongoing energy transition is accelerating investment in new energy sources.
With macro drivers continuing to reshape markets, Ali Dibadj explores key investment themes for 2026 to help actively position portfolios for resilience and growth. He also explains how asset managers need to evolve to best work together with clients.
Rising margin debt levels signal increasing speculation and leverage in the market, with the cost of carrying this debt nearing historical peaks that have typically preceded significant stock market corrections.
Three years with five reliable recession signals, five recession scares, and no recession. Why? And what comes next. A useful framing of the economy for the last three years and why a recession isn’t imminent now.
Active fixed income ETFs took center stage at VettaFi's recent 2026 Market Outlook Symposium, with two industry leaders sharing thoughts.
I’ve lived through several bubbles and read about others, and they’ve all hewed to this description. One might think the losses experienced when past bubbles popped would discourage the next one from forming. But that hasn’t happened yet, and I’m sure it never will.
With the Fed's final 2025 meeting approaching, markets anticipate a third rate cut amid labor weakness, though the FOMC remains publicly divided on balancing a cooling job market against sticky inflation.
On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Goldman Sachs Corporate Bond ETF (GIGL) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several topics related to the fund to give investors a deeper understanding of the ETF.
Roxanna Islam, Head of Sector & Industry Research at VettaFi, shares her perspective on several recent ETF developments, including Vanguard opening brokerage access to spot crypto ETFs, Goldman Sachs’ acquisition of Innovator ETFs, and the SEC’s pushback on filings for 5x leveraged products. Petra Bakosova, CEO of Hull Tactical and Portfolio Manager of the Hull Tactical U.S. ETF (HTUS), explains the firm’s approach to delivering tactical, risk-managed S&P 500 exposure.
Recent frauds in the subprime auto and private credit markets have led observers to wonder if these are the "cockroaches" signaling a turn in the broader credit cycle. This transition is characterized by increasing volatility and dispersion in the debt markets, where bonds no longer trade in unison and earnings misses trigger sharp price drops.
Join us for our 2026 Market Outlook Symposium, where our panelists will tackle all of these topics and shed light on top strategies aimed at helping your clients reach their financial goals
Our latest research investigates how U.S. corporations have managed to consistently increase profits, despite a secular trend of declining net domestic investment.
In most cases, construction loan pricing isn’t a sign of greediness. It reflects the fact that a construction loan is both riskier and far more labor-intensive than a conventional mortgage.
Starting in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, a profound change to the Fed’s liquidity-providing role in the capital markets was underway.
Market focus is shifting to the Fed's 2026 outlook, as stubbornly elevated inflation and recent hawkish signals suggest the central bank may signal an "extended pause" after this cut. Consequently, traders have recently scaled back expectations for the total number of cuts next year, expecting the easing cycle to stop closer to 3.5% rather than the previously forecast 3%.
While Netflix Inc. and Paramount Skydance Corp. vie for President Donald Trump’s blessings in their competing bids for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., investors have an irony to consider.
Regulators are finally starting to appreciate how much major government debt markets are being dominated by a handful of hedge funds. There’s a head of steam building around the issue.
NextEra Energy, once the "tech darling" of the utility sector due to its vast renewables business, is pivoting its strategy to navigate political uncertainty and the booming power demands of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
President Donald Trump has authorized Nvidia to export its H200 AI chip to China in exchange for a 25% tariff payment to the U.S. government, a decision that could potentially allow the company to regain billions in lost revenue from the Chinese market.
Shares of Apple Inc. were battered earlier this year as the iPhone maker faced repeated complaints about its lack of an artificial intelligence strategy. But as the AI trade faces increasing scrutiny, that hesitance has gone from a weakness to a strength — and it’s showing up in the stock market.
For affluent families in Pittsburgh and around the US, wealth rarely grows in a straight line. Businesses evolve, real estate accumulates, trusts are created, and investment portfolios expand across public and private markets.
The first full week of the holiday shopping season confirmed what I was looking for: consumers are still spending, and they are not being spooked by tariffs or headlines. Black Friday sales were solid, and the weekend into Cyber Monday largely matched expectations.
This week’s data presented a mixed picture of the U.S. economy as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting next week.
lthough AI is often blamed for labor weakness, the data suggests other dynamics are at play, as job creation is slowing most in industries with low AI adoption. Given the strong outlook for corporate earnings and policy support, the authors maintain a positive view, advising investors to "buy the dip."
The rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI), while promising increased productivity, is creating a significant and often overlooked strain on the global power grid.
Recessions are less common today than they were before the 1980s. Some argue that the reason is that we have become better at conducting fiscal and monetary policy to reduce the ebbs and flows of economic cycles.
A conventional data center uses between 5,000 and 15,000 tons of copper. A hyperscale data center, on the other hand—the kind being built to run artificial intelligence (AI)—can require up to 50,000 tons of copper per facility, according to the Copper Development Association.
Private credit is expanding beyond its traditional niche to finance major infrastructure projects for investment-grade corporate borrowers, a trend particularly notable among hyperscalers building AI infrastructure.
This week features two crucial monetary policy events: the widely anticipated Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, where a rate cut is expected along with new economic projections; and the Senate hearing on Thursday focused on "The Fed's Big Bank Welfare Program" (IORB regime).
To understand where we're headed, let's look back at the late 1990s — the height of the dot-com bubble. The internet was going to change the world, and it did. That's a fact. During the bubble, internet stocks soared. Then they crashed.
This focus on payout growth and a relatively higher tech allocation suggests OUSA may be well-positioned for performance in 2026, even as corporations globally favor share buybacks over dividend payments.
The field of quantum computing has shifted its focus from the short-lived concept of "quantum supremacy" to a more measurable goal: quantum advantage, which emphasizes reproducible, domain-specific results that verifiably outperform classical systems.
Reading Yudkowsky’s and Soares’s book won’t convince you that AI will kill us all, unless you are a whale of a lot more credulous than I am. The book is supremely silly, reading like a badly written science fiction novel for adolescents. To explain how AI could kill us all the authors cook up scenarios written as absurdly implausible fantasy stories.
Advisors should avoid centering long-term investment strategies on predicting the Federal Reserve's next interest rate move, as tactical bets based on the Fed's near-term calls often cause investors to miss out on returns.
Due to the federal government shutdown, official jobs data remains incomplete, forcing the Federal Reserve to rely on alternative private-sector reports to gauge the labor market. These alternative data sources, such as the ADP report and Revelio Labs estimates, indicate a widespread and concerning slowdown in employment, with job creation stalling, openings shrinking, and layoffs rising across many sectors.
I’ve been reading a lot lately that the stock market is priced just right because earnings growth is expected to be high, growing at double digits. But earnings growth is not the sole determinant of stock price.
Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud and NextEra Energy Inc. have deepened their partnership by agreeing to develop new data centers specifically paired with electric power plants.
I’ve been a retirement economist for my entire adult life, and yet I am continually amazed at how America continues to get retirement saving so wrong. Now, finally, the world’s largest issuer of mutual funds is showing signs that it recognizes a major flaw in the system.
