AMD, Oracle, Microsoft and the IGV lead a monster week for tech stocks
Oracle, AMD and Microsoft are on pace for historic weeks, while Intel, Broadcom, Micron, Marvell and ON Semiconductor are all roaring in April. Source link
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How market’s private credit crisis fears are spreading to bond ETFs
Fears of a private credit crisis are rising as firms at the heart of the growing, but less liquid and less transparent, bond market face investor redemptions. That stress test has arrived just as private loans became more prevalent in the ETF market. It was a little over a year ago that the Securities and…
BlackRock rips page from hedge fund playbook, applies it to ETFs
BlackRock is applying hedge fund strategies to its exchange-traded fund business. Jeffrey Rosenberg, the firm’s senior portfolio manager on the systemic fixed income team, has a leading role in the firm’s liquid alternatives ETFs — which use a long-short strategy in ETF wrappers. He contends the strategy provides valuable diversification amid the recent breakdown in…
Franklin Templeton acquires digital assets investment firm in active crypto management push
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images Mutual fund giant Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy a small crypto investment firm, 250 Digital, which will join its newly established Franklin Crypto unit, as the firm deepens its digital assets push. By bringing 250 in-house, Franklin Templeton hopes to be able to increase its actively managed…
Pete Hegseth’s broker attempted to make defense investments before Iran war
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2026. Evan Vucci | Reuters A broker for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to make a large investment in…
As stocks, bonds fall, a trade that boomed in 2022 may be winner again
Managed future strategies are gaining renewed attention as investors look for new sources of returns from the market at a time when both stocks and bonds are under pressure as a result of the U.S.-Iran war and the risk of 1970s-style stagflation. These strategies, which are typically run by commodity trading advisors, use systematic models…
Crypto, tokenization and ETFs: SEC’s Peirce indicates openness
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is indicating an openness to work with Wall Street on emerging exchange-traded fund products tied to cryptocurrencies and tokenization. “We want to work with people on new products,” Peirce said during an exclusive interview this week with “ETF Edge” host Dominic Chu. “It really is a come in and talk to…
Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson on making family business last
Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson has two equally challenging jobs. She oversees a fund company with nearly $2 trillion in assets under management within an industry experienced accelerated change, from active ETFs to tokenization. And, as a third-generation leader from the Johnson family, she’s in charge of the legacy of a business started by her…
Bitcoin outperforms S&P 500, Nasdaq, gold since the start of Iran war
A bitcoin comeback may be underway. Just as the cryptocurrency was kicking off its latest winning week, ProShares’ Simeon Hyman was emphasizing a bullish bitcoin trend on CNBC’s “ETF Edge.” “If you look at bitcoin, it’s up a little bit and equities are down [since the Iran war began,]” the firm’s global investment strategist said…
Dividend stocks are catching up to tech stocks on key earnings metric
Dividend-paying companies are rapidly closing the earnings growth gap with technology stocks and contributing more earnings momentum to the S&P 500. After a significant increase over the past year on this key earnings metric, the trend suggests that dividend stocks may present an even stronger case to investors seeking income and safety in a volatile…