Ting makes that case in a new Franklin Templeton research piece co-authored with Marcus Weyerer, CFA, senior ETF investment strategist at Franklin Templeton ETFs EMEA. The paper argues that the AI investment story which drove much of the US market’s outperformance in recent years, is now expanding geographically in ways advisors cannot afford to ignore….
U.S. home prices climbed higher in May, presenting another affordability hurdle for prospective homebuyers dealing with inflated consumer prices and elevated mortgage rates. The seasonally adjusted FHFA House Price Index (HPI) from the Federal Housing Finance Agency rose 0.3% from April and 2.2% over the preceding 12 months, the regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie…
Compliance demands are rising across the board Despite the pockets of reform documented in the Deloitte survey, the report’s overarching conclusion is clear: tax complexity is increasing, not decreasing. Transparency and reporting requirements ranked as the top business impact theme for the third consecutive year, cited by 65 per cent of respondents. The single most…
The twin moves crystallized a growing divide between companies rewarded for capital discipline and those that bet heavily on speculative infrastructure, a divide that financial advisors are increasingly being asked to navigate on behalf of clients. A market splitting in two Looking at the broader market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 262.83 points, or…
Following historic inflows, momentum in the covered call ETF market continues unabated. Yet first-generation buy-write products were often viewed somewhat narrowly as high-yield income vehicles built on sacrificing equity upside for immediate cash flow. While early strategies proved the massive appetite for yield, they also exposed key advisor pain points — from steep NAV erosion…
eBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details released Tuesday. The parties reached a tentative settlement in February as the case was headed…
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When partners earn different salaries, pooling all income into one pot was the top choice at 43.9 percent. A further 33.9 percent favour a proportional split based on earnings, 17.7 percent insist on a strict 50/50 split regardless of income, and 4.5 percent would rely on a single provider. Nearly a quarter of respondents, 23.7 percent, said they…
Joe Mazumdar, editor of Exploration Insights, shares his resource sector outlook, honing in on copper as one of his current areas of focus. He acknowledged that asset scale is important, but encouraged investors to look at intermediate companies focused on smaller deposits — in his view, they may be able to move more quickly to…
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). The AI trade goes deep in the red… Wednesday’s presser with no map… Thursday’s number Warsh actually watches… and the calendar that decides everything in September As I write on Tuesday morning, the AI trade is deep in the red, with some semiconductor stocks…