A University's Distaste for Hedge Funds Created This New ETF. It's Still Risky.
State Street has an ETF that invests 90% of assets in the S&P 500 and 10% in investment-grade corporate bonds. But it's a concentrated bet on AI.
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History shows the bar to disrupt AI is surprisingly high, says Bank of America
Bank of America argues that equity markets can withstand more severe bond market shocks than those witnessed so far in 2026 and that volatility may be better guide to risk than Treasury yields at present.
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This International Manager Is Betting Big on Banks and Energy, but Not Tech
Cole Smead's Smead International Value fund returned almost 50% in the past year. Why he favors Canadian oil-sands stocks and European banks.
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Investors are missing the good news right in front of them, this Wall Street strategist argues
Investors may have underappreciated just how strong second-quarter earnings were.
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Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on Bank of Japan, Chime Financial, Robinhood and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services.
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Texas Stock Exchange Is Close to Winning Its First Major Listing From New York
Kelcy Warren's Energy Transfer is preparing to move its primary listing to the nascent exchange.
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Home-insurance premiums just hit a record high. Here's where they spiked the most.
Natural disasters - from hurricanes to storms to wildfires - are prompting insurers to rethink pricing as risks evolve.
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U.S. Treasury Plans $6 Billion Buyback, Yields Rise
The U.S. Treasury raised the size of its planned buyback operation for Treasurys maturing in 10 to 20 years to $6 billion, triple the typical amount, but not enough to send yields lower.
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Charles Schwab's Trading Data Shows Investors Dialing Back on Risk
The company's index that tracks investor behavior shows clients became more selective in August about stocks and sectors.
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Peter Thiel-Backed AI Startup Cognition Raises Funds at $48 Billion Valuation
Artificial-intelligence coding startup Cognition raised $2 billion in a Series E funding round at a valuation of $48 billion.
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CVC Names TPG's Todd Sisitsky as Co-CEO
The buyout group named TPG executive Todd Sisitsky and company insider Peter Rutland as co-chiefs as it outlined its leadership succession plan.
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Blackstone's Head of Real Estate Is Leaving the Firm
Nadeem Meghji's departure adds to the list of real-estate executives departing Blackstone over the past three years.
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$35 Billion on the Line: NFL Kickoff Triggers a High-Stakes Prediction Market War
As the NFL season opens Wednesday, there's a new game in town. Prediction markets could drive $35 billion in wagers, on par with the traditional sports betting industry.
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Chime to Buy an Oklahoma Community Bank for $590 Million
The deal means that Chime, which was founded in 2012 and has billed itself as a challenger to traditional banks such as JPMorgan Chase, will become a bank itself.
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Block Applies to Establish Builders Bank & Trust
The financial technology company is seeking to establish a federally regulated, uninsured national trust bank called Builders Bank & Trust.