Halfway through the year, the U.S. equity market performance is broadening. That said, market concentration remains incredibly high, while equity and bond correlations sit in positive territory — conditions that scream a call for diversification. Investors are heeding that call, many with alternatives ETFs. Key Takeaways: Alternative ETFs are seeing strong demand Structural diversification is…
On July 4, the federal government launched what it described as one of the nation’s most ambitious asset-building initiatives for children in decades. Under this new tax-based savings program, every child born in the United States between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2028, receives a $1,000 investment account branded as Trump Accounts. The premise…
Tencent is preparing to make China’s digital payments ecosystem more accessible to international travelers with a new app designed to connect WeChat Pay with foreign payment methods. The tech giant is piloting TenPayGo, an app that allows international travelers to make payments at the millions of merchants that accept Weixin Pay, known as WeChat Pay…
Lobo Tiggre of IndependentSpeculator.com shares why he bought one oil stock after months of waiting, but left the rest of his shopping list untouched. “There was one stock that dropped more than others, or more sharply, more unreasonably, and got to what I saw as an oversold condition, and so I acted on that one,”…
The Women’s Wealth Alliance, a taskforce of the Consumer Duty Alliance, has launched a new careers guide designed to help more women see personal finance as an accessible, flexible and rewarding career path. This guide responds to recent research conducted by the taskforce that found that outdated perceptions remain a significant barrier to attracting more…
The market tends to broadly group stocks into two buckets: growth and value. Growth stocks are those that are growing faster than the market, while value stocks are those that are far cheaper than the market. However, there are several subcategories that investors need to understand. I think the most exciting is hypergrowth, which meets…
Leeds Building Society has launched a new mortgage offering up to 98% LTV to help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder. The new Start Mortgage, available through the society’s broker panel, allows eligible borrowers to access lending of up to five times their household income, with a maximum loan size of £500,000. The Start Mortgage…
The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) has leased a prime land parcel in Navi Mumbai’s Nerul for a premium of nearly ₹177.05 crore to Today Royal Developers, paving the way for a mixed-use residential and commercial development. According to property registration documents accessed by CRE Matrix, Today Royal Developers…
Xryma, which was recently rebranded from ISX Financial EU, has received approval from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission for the prospectus governing the admission of its ordinary shares to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris. CySEC approved the document on July 14, and it will now be passported to France through the…
Businesses can move money faster than ever. Their customers, however, may still need to navigate a maze of messages, portals, passwords and payments pages before that money starts moving. The disconnect is creating a largely invisible revenue leak for consumer lenders, utilities and other companies that depend on recurring customer payments. “Payments is not the…