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Bond Valuations Reflect Higher Hurdle for Capital

Sage Advisory — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:31:40 +0000

The global competition for capital remains the key dynamic keeping yields elevated. Notably, all of the September increase in 10-year Treasury yields came from real yields, as implied by the TIPS market. Real yields are now approaching 3%, their highest level in this chart’s five-year history, while 10-year breakevens have barely moved from the 2.2% [...]

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Beating Rising Rates With Equity ETFs Designed for the Task

Cinthia Murphy — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:29:48 +0000

Interest rates are rising, and according to market expectations, the climb may not be over. To no one’s surprise, rising rates immediately trigger conversations on how to effectively hedge rate risk in bond portfolios, which is critical. But it also opens the door to explore unique portfolios that can be powerful solutions for rate risk [...]

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What to Make of Senior Loans? Key Points as Yields Rise

Nick Peters-Golden — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:51 +0000

The fall so far has seen a marked increase in yields, following the Fed’s rate hike last month. Both the 30-year and 10-year Treasuries have reached multi-decade highs, as governments compete with tech issuers for credit and geopolitical risk remains high. That landscape makes understanding the wide crop of debt securities even more critical for [...]

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Active ETF Inflows Hit Record $576 Billion Through September

DJ Shaw — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:45:58 +0000

Active ETFs pulled in $60.1 billion in September, pushing their 2026 total to a record $576.2 billion. Key Takeaways: Active ETF inflows hit a record $576.2 billion through September, even as stocks and bonds fell last month. Foreign stock strategies led traditional active equity flows in September, as investors looked beyond U.S. markets. Investors favored [...]

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Buffer ETF BALT Hits $3 Billion Milestone as Costs Rise

Nick Peters-Golden — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:30:57 +0000

The ETF ecosystem has proved a fertile ground for investing innovation. Each year, numerous strategies launch, embracing the wrapper’s flexibility, transparency, and tax efficiency. One of the most productive categories in recent years for ETF innovation has been so-called buffer ETFs. Offering some predictability to investing, and protecting assets while remaining invested, funds like the [...]

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Stay Atop Muni Market Changes With This ETF

Todd Shriber — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:15:48 +0000

On the surface, the municipal bond market may not check the “dynamic” box. After all, individual muni bonds and ETFs such as the ALPS BBH Intermediate Municipal Bond ETF (MNBD) are positioned, rightly so, as conservative, income-bearing investments. Said differently, the thrills offered by artificial intelligence (AI) or small-cap equities usually aren’t part of the [...]

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Nvidia Rally May Not Be Over; That’s Good for This ETF

Todd Shriber — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:15 +0000

Sometimes, there’s safety in size. Semiconductor Goliath Nvidia (NVDA) is proving as much. Already one of the world’s largest companies by market capitalization, Nvidia is up 29.5% year-to-date. That extends a five-year run in which the stock surged 1,066%. Numbers such as those may imply that additional near-term gains may be limited. However, that perspective [...]

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Direxion Launches Non-Leveraged S&P 500 Futures ETF

Yasin Mohamud — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:45:29 +0000

Direxion announced the launch of the Direxion U.S. 500 Plus ETF (SPXP) on the Nasdaq on Wednesday. The fund tracks the Auspice U.S. Equity Plus Trend Index, which layers a managed futures strategy on top of full S&P 500 exposure, using the same pool of capital, according to the release. SPXP has a 0.92% expense [...]

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AI ETFs: Beyond Chips & Hyperscalers

Roxanna Islam, CFA, CAIA — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:30 +0000

While AI investing initially centered on hyperscalers and chips, the opportunity has been broadening as infrastructure grows. Opportunities are moving further down and across the supply chain — into memory, data center power, components, and robotics. The ~15 AI and tech-related ETFs launched in September alone emphasize the growing opportunities for targeted AI exposure. Key [...]

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Combined Assets in SPY, SPYM Cross $1 Trillion for the First Time

Heather Bell — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:00:23 +0000

On Wednesday, the combined assets invested in the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and the State Street SPDR Porfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) passed the $1 trillion mark for the first time. SPY, the first-ever U.S.-listed ETF, and SPYM, SPY’s less expensive clone, as of the close on October 6, 2026, held $819 [...]

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Why Invest in Defense? The Case for Targeted Exposure

Nick Wodeshick — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:56:31 +0000

Broadly speaking, when advisors and investors consider adding focused industry exposure to a portfolio, there needs to be a strong justification for doing so. Take the AI industry, for example, where sustained buildout has driven many to target key tech players for exposure. Key Takeaways: The defense industry is offering a compelling case for concentrated [...]

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Maximize Yield in Active High Yield Bond ETF AHYB

Nick Peters-Golden — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:08:30 +0000

Looking out for more yield in your portfolio? High yield offerings offer opportunities right now to deliver for the right strategy and investor. While there are increasingly appealing yields in government debt, for example, high yield offers more. With corporate default rates pretty flat at least as of the end of the Summer, and rising [...]

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Foreign ETFs Draw Nearly Double U.S. Large-Cap Flows

DJ Shaw — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:30:50 +0000

International stock ETFs drew nearly double the new money of U.S. large-cap funds in September, according to FactSet’s monthly ETF summary. Key Takeaways: Foreign stock funds pulled in almost twice the September inflows of U.S. large-cap funds. Utilities and financials sector funds gained assets while energy and industrials funds saw the biggest outflows. Most new [...]

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T. Rowe Price Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF TBUX Up Almost $1 Billion YTD

Nick Peters-Golden — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:11:39 +0000

Yields and rates continue to climb, as debt markets contend with growing risk and huge capex by the AI hyperscalers. That has impacted bond values, and started to increase attention and flows to short-term bond offerings. The T. Rowe Price Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (TBUX) has been one of the beneficiaries, seeing a major flows [...]

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ETF Prime: Tax Strategy Behind 351 Exchange ETFs Draws Scrutiny

DJ Shaw — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:32:45 +0000

A Treasury Department warning on the tax strategy behind 351 exchange ETFs led this week’s ETF Prime. Host Nate Geraci and Cinthia Murphy, director of research at TMX VettaFi, previewed the top storylines for the fourth quarter. Jeff Klingelhofer, managing director and portfolio manager at Aristotle Pacific, joined later. Key Takeaways: The Treasury Department’s [...]

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NEOS Grows ETF Lineup With New Silver Income Fund

Nick Wodeshick — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:24:24 +0000

On Wednesday, October 7, 2026, NEOS Investments expanded its collection of ETFs with the launch of the NEOS Silver High Income ETF (SLVI). Key Takeaways: NEOS Investments has launched a new fund, the NEOS Silver High Income ETF (SLVI). SLVI aims to provide high monthly income through an options strategy that generates exposure to silver. [...]

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Goldman’s GTOP ETF Rides the Trillion-Dollar AI Wave

Yasin Mohamud — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:41:28 +0000

Goldman Sachs’ Technology Opportunities ETF (GTOP) has emerged as one of the firm’s strongest-performing funds this year, benefiting from investors’ continued appetite for technology and artificial intelligence (AI) exposure. The actively managed fund has gained roughly 33.41% year to date, with its concentrated portfolio giving investors exposure to several of the companies at the center [...]

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Marvell Investor Day: Connectivity Lifts Outlook to $20 Billion

Zeno Mercer — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:14:12 +0000

I attended Marvell Investor Day in New York on October 6, 2026. Marvell Technology (MRVL), a designer of data infrastructure chips, set a long-term target of $70 billion to $90 billion of revenue for fiscal 2031, which roughly matches calendar 2030. It also raised its fiscal 2028 outlook to about $20 billion and sharply increased [...]

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Baron Crosses $1 Billion ETF Mark in Under a Year

Todd Rosenbluth — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 13:07:12 +0000

Baron Capital, a manager with a 40-year legacy built on high-conviction active mutual funds, just crossed $1 billion in ETF assets. The firm achieved the landmark in under a year following its ETF debut, reflecting strong adoption among advisers and investors. Key Takeaways Baron Capital crossed the $1 billion ETF mark in October 2026. The [...]

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There’s Still Merit in Gold Investing; Get Paid for it With This ETF

Todd Shriber — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:15:35 +0000

In 2026, surging global bond yields — including here in the U.S. — are acting as significant headwinds to the gold investing thesis. But all things considered, the 3.74% year-to-date loss sported by the largest gold-backed ETF isn’t terrible. Owing to rampant spending by major global governments — which stokes inflation that’s hard to erase [...]

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Is Now the Time to Capitalize on Battery Tech?

Nick Peters-Golden — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:13:18 +0000

In a world defined by rampant energy demand and electrification, battery tech is one of the more intriguing places to invest. While attention has turned to the big AI narratives and debates in the market, tech categories like battery innovation have plenty of opportunities. Indeed, those AI firms need energy infrastructure like batteries to deliver. [...]

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What “Real” Interest Rates Are Telling Us

Confluence Investment Management — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:52:51 +0000

One of the most important concepts in economics and finance is the “real” rate of return on an investment. The real rate is calculated by subtracting the rate of consumer price inflation from the nominal interest rate, bond yield, or price gain and dividends on a stock. If the nominal return on the investment is [...]

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VettaFi Discusses Multifactor ETFs on Bloomberg

Todd Rosenbluth — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:40 +0000

This week, Cinthia Murphy, director of research for TMX VettaFi, appeared on Bloomberg’s ETF IQ show. Here’s a brief recap: Key Takeaways Despite NVIDIA announcing a $150 billion stock buyback plan, there are just two buyback ETFs. The Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW) and the ProShares S&P 500 Buyback Aristocrats ETF (BUYB). Investors added $1.5 [...]

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Is the Uranium Industry Ready for the Nuclear Energy Wave?

Nick Wodeshick — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:44:13 +0000

As September’s World Nuclear Symposium made clear, nuclear energy is increasingly being mobilized as a key energy source around the world. However, investors looking to take advantage of developments in nuclear energy may be best served by understanding the supply dynamics within the uranium market. Key Takeaways: Nuclear energy is increasingly moving to the forefront [...]

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Big Tech’s Borrowing: ProShares ETF Coming Soon

Todd Rosenbluth — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:42:47 +0000

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the thematic investing topic that keeps on giving. However, artificial intelligence is no longer just an equity narrative. It has officially taken over the corporate bond market. Key Takeaways: In 2025, hyperscalers issued $93 billion in debt to support capital spending on artificial intelligence and other initiatives. Spending has continued in 2026. [...]

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Head of RAFI Indices Discusses 20 Years of Fundamental Indexing

Ben Hernandez — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:44:10 +0000

The genesis of fundamental indexing began in the early 2000s, and its principles continue to drive smart beta strategies today. In an interview with wealth advisor and finance professor Jonathan Treussard, Ari Polychronopoulos, the Head of RAFI™ Indices at TMX VettaFi, reflected on over two decades of evolution in fundamental indexation, market concentration, and modern [...]

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Amazon Prime Sale, Emmys Streaming Deal Put XLY in Focus

DJ Shaw — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:20:29 +0000

Amazon Prime members began shopping a 48-hour sale Tuesday as Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) kicked off Prime Big Deal Days. The event runs through Oct. 7 and features deals across more than 35 categories, according to the company. Key Takeaways: Prime Video will become the exclusive global home of the Emmys starting with the 2027 ceremony. [...]

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Tackle the Small-Cap Opportunity Set With FESM

Nick Wodeshick — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:14:09 +0000

As small-caps offer an increasingly attractive value proposition, advisors and investors may be taking a closer look at strategies like FESM. Key Takeaways: Small-caps have grown in popularity as attractive valuations and increased operating leverage through AI have opened up new growth opportunities. The Fidelity Enhanced Small Cap Core ETF (FESM) provides an active vehicle [...]

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Top Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs: 10/04/2026

Sneha Shah — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:52:16 +0000

Top Performing Leveraged/Inverse ETFs Last Week These were last week’s top performing leveraged and inverse ETFs. Note that because of leverage, these kinds of funds can move quickly. Always do your homework. Ticker Name 1 Week Return (BBUL) GraniteShares 2x Long BB Daily ETF 27.79% (PUL) GraniteShares 2x Long P Daily ETF 23.36% (ONG [...]

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T. Rowe Price ETFs: TKNZ Tops Returns, TCAF Draws Most Cash

DJ Shaw — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:44:55 +0000

A crypto fund and a technology fund posted the best September returns among T. Rowe Price ETFs. Investors, however, sent most of their new money to a different set of funds. Key Takeaways: Crypto, technology and growth strategies produced the three best September returns across T. Rowe Price’s ETF lineup. Investors favored a short-term bond [...]

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Make Meta a Muse of Income With This ETF

Todd Shriber — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:56:37 +0000

With the help of the Muse AI agent effort, shares of Meta Platforms (META) are on a torrid pace, surging nearly 22% for the month ending Oct. 5. Whether or not that scintillating run portends a cooling-off period will happen for the stock remains to be seen. But investors who want Meta exposure at a [...]

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Muni Bond ETFs: Unlocking Robust Returns

Kirsten Chang — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:53:09 +0000

September’s fixed income sell-off marked a watershed moment for muni bond markets, delivering the steepest drawdown since the 2008 Great Financial Crisis. As benchmark yields spiked, prices across muni ETFs fell in tandem, and the volatility has not let up. This week, both 10-year and 30-year Treasury yields climbed to their highest levels since 2002. [...]

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Listening Between the Lines: Active ETFs Bet on Pre-Call Tone

Todd Rosenbluth — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:45 +0000

Earnings season kicks off in the coming days. PepsiCo leads the way, with major banks reporting soon after. Historically, financial advisors seeking fundamentally focused active equity strategies relied on mutual funds. The downside? Delayed portfolio disclosures made it nearly impossible to observe manager positioning ahead of major catalysts like earnings. However, the rapid rise of fully transparent [...]

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Why Tight Credit Spreads Raise Risk for Bond Investors

DJ Shaw — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:45:59 +0000

Bond yields still look attractive, but investors are earning little extra for taking on corporate credit risk, according to Thornburg Investment Management. Key Takeaways: Investment-grade spreads reached their tightest point since 1998, while high-yield spreads matched pre-2007 levels. Even modest economic or policy shocks could widen tight spreads and push bond prices lower. Thornburg’s two [...]

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Think Rates Will Rise? These Income ETFs Are Ready

Nick Peters-Golden — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:30:59 +0000

Yields are rising, and so are rates. Markets anticipate one more rate hike from the Federal Reserve to close out 2026. With stubborn inflation and massive borrowing by AI hyperscalers, rates may remain elevated some time to come. While that opens up real opportunities in bonds, retirees or those nearing retirement still need to pay [...]

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More Signs This Defense ETF Can Take Off

Todd Shriber — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:34 +0000

Defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin (LMT) and RTX Corporation (RTX), among many more, are at the epicenter of a massive replenishment cycle ushered in by the war in Iran lasting far longer than anticipated. U.S. rearmament is a valid reason to consider aerospace and defense ETFs such as the Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA). [...]

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XLK Hits New All-Time High as Tech Triumphs

Nick Wodeshick — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:30:30 +0000

It’s always an exciting time to be an ETF investor when a fund you’re invested in hits an all-time high. Key Takeaways: The State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) has started October on a high note by hitting a new all-time high of $201.39. The tech-focused fund has continued to grow as other [...]

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Mideast Disruptions & North American NGL Export Growth

Kyle Richards, CFA — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:00:16 +0000

U.S. natural gas liquids (NGL) exports are now projected to grow by more than 10% this year, driven largely by international buyers looking to replace disrupted Middle Eastern supplies. As the U.S. and Canada cement their status as reliable energy suppliers, momentum for exports is increasing on top of steadily growing baseline demand for clean [...]

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World Markets Watchlist: October 5, 2026

Jennifer Nash — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:34:14 +0000

Our global markets watchlist tracks nine prominent indexes from economies around the world. The list includes the S&P 500 from the United States, TSX from Canada, the FTSE 100 from England, the DAXK from Germany, the CAC 40 from France, the Nikkei 225 from Japan, the Shanghai from China, the Hang Seng from Hong Kong, [...]

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Dimensional’s ‘New’ ETFs Are Really ETF Share Classes

DJ Shaw — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:23:38 +0000

Three Dimensional Fund Advisors ETFs that NYSE Arca announced as Monday launches are not new funds at all. Instead, they are existing ETFs that now trade as share classes of older Dimensional mutual funds, according to the firm. Key Takeaways: NYSE Arca’s three Monday “launches” from Dimensional are existing ETFs now operating as share classes [...]

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How the Fixed Income Environment Favors Structured Credit

Nick Wodeshick — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:21:40 +0000

Now that the market has entered the last quarter of 2026, how should advisors and investors be looking at opportunities within the fixed income space? Key Takeaways: In Guggenheim Investment’s recently published Third Quarter 2026 Quarterly Macro Themes, structured credit is highlighted as a strong possible choice for today’s fixed income portfolio. The report also [...]

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September’s Top Articles for ETFDB Touch on AI, Interest Rates

Heather Bell — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:58:50 +0000

September’s top five articles were drawn from across the entire spectrum of the ETF Database content hubs, touching on a variety of topics that are dominating the autumn news cycle. However, the most read article of the month touched on the hottest subject of 2026 — artificial intelligence (AI). T. Rowe Price: Which AI Stocks [...]

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Thematic ETFs Have Exploded in 2026: See the Standouts

Nick Peters-Golden — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:56:07 +0000

The acceleration of the ETF ecosystem in the last decade has seen countless new funds embrace the wrapper’s tax efficiency and flexibility. That has seen more ETFs take on the core equity and fixed income categories to great success. However, it is the thematic ETFs that often get more headlines for narrative-friendly strategies. While they [...]

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How Healthcare Tech ETF HTEC Defied September’s Market Turmoil

Nick Wodeshick — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:37:08 +0000

It’s always exciting to see a fund perform well over the course of a month, but it’s also important to understand exactly why that strong performance may be happening. Key Takeaways: September proved to be a relatively difficult month for many sectors of the equity market, including the healthcare sector. However, the Robo Global Healthcare [...]

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What wealthy investors actually do with digital assets: CoinShares 2026 survey

CoinShares — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:54:29 +0000

Read the full CoinShares 2026 survey report → Speculation accounted for just 9% of the primary motivations given by investors with at least $500,000 to invest. Several other findings run against what the industry assumes about this client base. Between 11 May and 5 June 2026, Savanta surveyed 2,230 investors on our behalf across the [...]

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Some Excellent Energy Stocks Are Found In This ETF

Todd Shriber — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:23:44 +0000

At the sector level, energy is king this year thanks in large part to the wars in Iran and Ukraine. Those ongoing conflicts are hampering exports from those nations. However, geopolitical duress also implies some level of risk in the energy patch today. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures closed at $91.26 per barrel last Friday. [...]

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Get Paid to Wait on Micron’s Next Move

Todd Shriber — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:12:09 +0000

Memory semiconductor giant Micron Technology (MU) delivered another set of blowout quarterly results last week. But in a sign that the bar is high for this company and that market participants expected the earnings beat and upped guidance, the stock saw a modest weekly loss. Still, some market observers believe it’s just a matter of [...]

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VettaFi Locks In SPADE Defense Index Acquisition

Todd Rosenbluth — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:08:59 +0000

VettaFi has experienced strong growth as a differentiated index provider in 2026. This momentum continues with today’s acquisition of The SPADE® Defense Index. The deal adds a popular, high-conviction thematic sector strategy to a global platform. More than $260 billion in index-based assets is tied to VettaFi. Brian Coco, chief product officer at VettaFi, highlighted [...]

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GFLW: Growth Is Alive & Well With This Free Cash Flow ETF

Ben Hernandez — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:30:12 +0000

Value-focused strategies have been gaining momentum across the broader market throughout 2026, but that doesn’t mean growth has simply fallen by the wayside. True secular growth is still there. It is driven by multiyear demand trends rather than the business cycle, but it takes a more discerning methodology to find. The VictoryShares Free Cash Flow [...]

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Bitcoin Could Become Collateral for Generational Wealth

DJ Shaw — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:30 +0000

Marc Bernegger, a Swiss Blockchain Federation board member, said Bitcoin’s biggest overlooked trend is its shift into collateral. Holders can borrow against their coins to build generational wealth without ever selling them. Key Takeaways: Bitcoin’s fixed supply and growing institutional demand echo gold’s long history as a store of value. Switzerland’s early crypto scene helped [...]

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