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Tech stocks have acted like a stock market safe haven at various times in recent years when volatility went up, such as during the Covid pandemic. But a recent slide in the tech stock often considered to be the safest of all, Apple, has raised questions about that role for the market’s leading sector. As…
This year has already packed a lot of action into stocks: an aggressively bullish start, a swift correction, and a full recovery from those April losses. But based on the the flows into the U.S. exchange-traded funds, where much of the daily trading action occurs across asset classes, the message coming through most clearly from…
The world of exchange-traded funds is about to face an unprecedented storm of new product launches. A fund industry that has already seen enormous growth in recent decades may soon close to double its presence in the market — and do so in just one month. That’s because of a long-anticipated change from the Securities…
[The stream is slated to start at 1:10 PM ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] CNBC’s ETF Edge is dedicated to the fastest-growing trend in investing right now: ETFs. Every Monday, Dominic Chu will be joined by a panel of top market participants to offer…
The classic 60-40 market portfolio — with 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds — has come under serious scrutiny in recent years, with major changes in the bond market leading to fundamental questions about the traditional approach to long-term retirement income planning. But for investors with the goal of financial security as they age,…
Something unusual is happening in a market long dominated by index funds. Active management is staging a comeback. Take the action in equity exchange-traded funds two weeks ago. Amid more whipsaw action in stocks that has typified 2025 trading, there was a net outflow from equity ETFs. But in a surprise, the selling was mostly…
For many investors, it’s always a good time for dividend stocks, with the income component coming to shareholders from the cash flow of corporations providing peace of mind regardless of short-term ups and downs in stock prices. But now, as the stock and bond markets both see sharp spikes in volatility, dividend stocks may appeal…
When the stock market is in the middle of a panic, investors flee to bonds. Last week, that fundamental “flight to safety” approach didn’t work. A surge in U.S. treasury bond yields sparked questions about the fundamental role of bonds in a diversified portfolio, and even bigger questions about whether an unprecedented shift away from…
President Trump’s social media company is moving to position itself as a financial services firm that will allow his supporters to put money into investment products geared to what the company has called the “patriotic economy.” Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of the Truth Social platform, said on Thursday that it had…
Announcements by the Trump Administration in its first official week are creating new opportunities for the crypto industry. Following acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mark Uyeda’s launch of a crypto task force on Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting the advancement of cryptocurrencies in the U.S. Now, industry experts are considering…