August 3, 2026, 8:19 PM EDT. Cotton futures gained between 36 and 85 points Monday, with October 26 cotton ending at 81.35, up 85 points. The latest US cotton crop update reported 88% squared and 55% of crops setting bo…
On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi’s Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Thornburg Premium Income Builder ETF (THOR) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several topics …
The Texas Capital Texas Oil Index ETF (OILT) climbed 12.5% in July, outpacing both broad market equities and energy sector peers. During the month, the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) held steady, while the St…
Investors have plenty on their plates right now, from continued geopolitical issues in the Strait of Hormuz still threatening the global economy to looming concerns about AI concentration risk. Advisors likely have clie…
Advisors and investors of all kinds are used to closely watching the outcome of each of the Federal Reserve’s meetings, given how critical interest rates are to equity and fixed income markets alike. However, the recent…
Inflation rises? Raise interest rates. A war begins? Negotiate peace. Economic growth slows? Stimulate demand. Markets become volatile? Wait for the Fed to cut rates.
Investors are looking to balance concentration risk and returns amid brewing anxiety about U.S. stocks. While the push and pull of Middle East diplomacy continues, A.I. concerns remain as many investors are heavily inve…
Trump Accounts are among the newest additions to the savings landscape, and while the name has generated headlines, advisors may find that the greater opportunity lies in how these accounts fit into long-term financial …
2026 is proving that value is alive and well, but certain value-focused ETFs have been standout performers relative to their factor peers. Such is the case with the iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF (VLUE), which is up …
The July flash PMI came in at 53.6, beating the 52.2 estimate, marking the composite index's strongest reading in eight months, and pointing to annualized GDP growth of roughly 2%. But the number that should sit at the …
Of late, some air has come out of the semiconductor bubble, but that’s been to the benefit of the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (SOXS). Entering July 27, the leveraged bearish ETF boasted a one-month gain …
In our latest weekend video, Inflation – Back in Focus?, Chief Investment Strategist Fritz Folts and CEO/CIO Steve Cucchiaro revisit inflation, a topic many investors thought was fading into the background. With Federal…
The value of construction put in place unexpectedly fell 0.3% m/m in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,190.4 billion, the first m/m fall since October, after upwardly revised gains of 0.8% in December (…
Mega-cap tech stocks have helped large caps dominate small-cap ETF flows and performance for years. However, this year a shift is taking place. In 2026, small-cap index ETFs are outperforming their large-cap peers as th…
India’s manufacturing sector lost momentum in March, with the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) falling to 53.9 from 56.9 in February, its weakest reading since June 2022, as the war in the Middl…
Project Prometheus has been announced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The project is a three-year, $60 million nuclear energy-focused initiative led by Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The program falls under th…
New Orders and Backlogs Contracting; Production Growing and Employment Contracting; Supplier Deliveries Faster; Raw Materials Inventories Contracting; Customers' Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing; Exports and Impor…
WARSAW, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Poland's manufacturing downturn eased sharply in July as declines in output and new orders slowed and employment rose for the first time since April 2025, a business survey showed on Monday.
China's manufacturing section recorded its strongest quarterly performance since late 2020, although growth eases marginally in June, indicating that factory activity remains resilient even as broader economic condition…
LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Britain's economy is likely to shrink in 2027 if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen to shipping before the middle of next year, forecasters at accountants EY warned on Monday.
SYDNEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Australian home prices suffered a second month of steep falls in July as higher borrowing costs and unease over tax changes accelerated a downturn in the market that has grabbed the attention o…
I was sitting at Mackenzies Bar & Kitchen on the canal in Bristol, UK, with a friend. Just before 7pm, she got a text from her boyfriend Steve: “the power is flickering here.”
South Korea’s GDP grew 0.6% QoQ in Q2 2024, beating the 0.4% forecast on data released July 25, 2024, driven by a rebound in exports—notably semiconductors and AI memory chips—and solid automobile sales with modest priv…
On Thursday, July 30, Amazon Inc.(AMZN) released its Q2 2026 earnings report. Given its crucial position as a Mag 7 mega-cap straddling both tech and e-commerce, Amazon’s earnings reports are usually closely watched by …
