Vanguard’s Hidden Gems: 3 Smaller ETFs Poised for Big Gains

investorplace.com Here are three smaller Vanguard ETFs worth considering for your portfolio If you ask investors to name one or more Vanguard ETFs, they’ll tend to rhyme off some of the asset…

The Vanguard 500 Index Fund Is Great, But Another Vanguard ETF Has Outperformed It the Past Decade

finance.yahoo.com The Vanguard 500 Index ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is one of the most popular ETFs (exchange-traded funds), and for good reason. Vanguard made a name for itself by offering low-cost…

Confounding US economic, inflation data muddy Fed's rate path

finance.yahoo.com The Federal Reserve's latest financial stability report was good news for anyone worried that a record run of interest rate hikes might overstress the banking system or…

Morgan Stanley to Allow 15,000 Brokers to Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Morgan Stanley to Allow 15,000 Brokers to Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs In the latest development, banking giant Morgan Stanley stated that it would allow its 15,000…

Morgan Stanley Considers Allowing Brokers to Recommend Spot Bitcoin ETFs to Clients

cryptonews.com Morgan Stanley, one of the leading financial institutions, is reportedly exploring the possibility of expanding its sales of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by allowing…

Index funds: What they are and how to invest in them

aol.com Index funds are mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have one simple goal: To mirror the market or a portion of it. For example, an S&P 500 index fund tracks…

5 Investors Betting Big on Chicken Soup for the Soul (CSSE) Stock

investorplace.com CSSE stock is rising on little news today One of today’s biggest market movers is Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NASDAQ: ). While CSSE stock doesn’t typically see…

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF leapfrogs ‘cash vacuum cleaners’ with new inflow record

dlnews.com BlackRock’s Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund keeps breaking records. The ETF has now seen 71 consecutive days of inflows. A laudable streak, according to Bloomberg…

Grayscale’s planned GBTC sibling is a page from BlackRock’s playbook

blockworks.co Grayscale Investments is taking a page from the playbook of its biggest bitcoin ETF competitor with its “Mini,” cheaper version of GBTC. While this strategy may not work as…

Better Buy: Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF or Vanguard S&P 500 ETF?

finance.yahoo.com Many investors subscribe to the idea of index investing, but figuring out which index fund they should own can leave them somewhat paralyzed. Two common recommendations are…

Jane Street Capital now holds over 5% of Coinbase stock

cryptoslate.com Jane Street Capital has accumulated substantial Coinbase stock. According to financial intelligence site Fintel, Jane Street owned 5.3% of Coinbase’s outstanding shares in…

Asset Managers’ Brands Are Suffering

institutionalinvestor.com What’s in a name? Not as much as there used to be in the asset management industry. Overall, the brands of investment firms suffered in 2023, according to the latest annual…

Idaho-based financial advisor discloses 6% of its portfolio in Bitcoin ETF

finbold.com Though traditional financial giants have often maintained a rather hostile attitude toward Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies in general, there has been a parallel trend of…

Vanguard favors inflation protection amid rising price pressure risks

finance.yahoo.com A Vanguard executive said on Monday increasing inflation protection in investment portfolios was worthwhile in light of recent U.S. data and the global risks of a rebound in…

Adviser links: old school thinking

abnormalreturns.com Podcasts Brian Portnoy talks human-centric advice with Kelsey McKenna and Zachary Conway of Seeds Investor. (youtube.com) Larry Sprung talks with Josh Brown about his path…

Forget the S&P 500: Buy This Incredible Growth ETF Instead

finance.yahoo.com Many people have achieved financial success through index investing. Buying broad-market funds and holding them for the long term takes a lot of the risk out of investing…

Recent IRA Inheritors Get Another Year With No Distribution Requirement

zerohedge.com Recent IRA Inheritors Get Another Year With No Distribution Requirement In what's becoming an annual ritual, the IRS has once again waived required minimum distributions for…

Here's My Favorite Vanguard ETF to Buy Right Now -- and It Isn't Even Close

fool.com Count me in as a fan of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). A significant percentage of my investment portfolio is invested in several ETFs. I especially like Vanguard's funds…

How American politics has infected investing

economist.com The hedge fund’s branding is a clue. 1789 Capital was set up last year and named for the year Congress proposed America’s bill of rights. It offers investors the chance to…

Love Dividends? 2 Vanguard Funds to Buy Right Now

finance.yahoo.com The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: VYM) and the Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF (NASDAQ: VYMI) are two of Vanguard's most…

Billionaires Warren Buffett and Ken Griffin Both Own This Vanguard ETF. Should You?

finance.yahoo.com Do billionaire investors sometimes opt to press the proverbial easy button? You bet they do. Making money the easy way is preferable to doing it the hard way regardless of…

This High-Yield Vanguard ETF Could Turn $400 per Month Into $18,900 in Annual Dividend Income

finance.yahoo.com Purchasing stocks that consistently pay an above-average dividend can add an element of safety to a portfolio. When I say above average, I mean payouts exceeding the average…

He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he’s trying to change the industry

aol.com For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife’s death. The question has never been exactly how Ann…

Bond Yields Have Hit “the Danger Zone”

investorplace.com A “targeted” counterattack last night… the 10-year Treasury yield is a problem for stocks… home sales fall thanks to expensive mortgages… silver might shine more than gold…

How Big Tech Is Consuming America's Electricity And Water

zerohedge.com How Big Tech Is Consuming America's Electricity And Water Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As federal net-zero policies attempt to shift…

Komodo CTO Warns That Bitcoin Is Becoming Too Centralized, Here’s Why

bitcoinist.com Kadan Stadelmann, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Komodo, an open-source technology workshop, has raised concerns about the increasing centralization of the world’s…

2 No-Brainer Vanguard ETFs to Buy With $750 During the Stock Market Sell-Off

finance.yahoo.com The stock market has trended upward almost in a straight line over the past six months. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained 27% from its October 2023 low point, and the…

Treasury Yields Head To 'Danger Zone': Analyst Forecasts Potential Spike To 5%, Disorderly Sell-Off For Markets

benzinga.com Yields on the 10-year Treasury note have ascended to a striking 4.70% this month, the highest mark since early November 2023 amid a toxic mix of higher inflation, a…

Bitcoin Is Becoming Too Centralized, Says Komodo’s CTO Kadan Stadelmann

beincrypto.com The ethos of Bitcoin as a decentralized cryptocurrency is under threat, according to Kadan Stadelmann, the CTO of Komodo, who has voiced concerns to BeInCrypto over the…

Vanguard Warns 10-Year Treasury Yields Risk Jump Back to 5%

finance.yahoo.com The Treasury market is nearing levels that risk triggering a large selloff, pushing yields on 10-year bonds back to 5%, according to Vanguard. • None Red Lobster Considers…

3 Vanguard Funds That Can Serve as a Complete Portfolio

finance.yahoo.com Investing doesn't have to be complicated. After all, low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are passively managed have historically outperformed most professional…

3 ETFs to Buy Now: Q2 Edition

investorplace.com Check out these ETFs for long-term returns You don’t have to pick individual stocks to get closer to your financial goals. ETFs can do the job just fine as they offer…

3 High-Yield Dividend-Paying Stocks Bucking Today’s Downward Trend

247wallst.com Now that the Federal Reserve has thrown a potential wrench into the interest rate game plan, investors desire greater stability more than ever. Economists and…

Analysis-Painful high rates wake-up call threatens global markets

finance.yahoo.com Fear that interest rates in major economies will stay relatively high is creeping back and threatens a painful wake-up call for financial markets, big investors warn. With…

Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street Face Probe Over Bank Stakes

thedailyupside.com They’re just not the passive type. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is investigating Blackrock, Vanguard, and…

Transcript: Samara Cohen, Blackrock ETF CIO

ritholtz.com The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Samara Cohen, CIO, Blackrock ETF & Index Investments, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any…

Kinder Morgan Stock Bid Up In An Oil Breakout

marketbeat.com The price of oil has become top-of-mind for many investors. Wall Street is now watching global developments that could, unfortunately, escalate into full-on conflicts that…

What's Billionaire Ken Griffin's Biggest Holding? You Might Be Surprised

finance.yahoo.com Ken Griffin ranks among the greatest hedge fund managers of all time. His net worth of $36.7 billion -- built largely through Griffin's hedge fund, Citadel -- is one of the…

3 Dividend ETFs That Are Perfect For Retirees

finance.yahoo.com Dividend stocks are ideal for people who are at or near retirement. Compared to their more growth-focused counterparts, these investments tend to involve less risk due to…

The Trillion-Dollar Space Race: 3 of the Best Space Stocks to Buy Leading the Charge

investorplace.com The space industry is heating up once again These three best space stocks to buy don’t just provide revolutionary space exploration technology. They also focus on other…

Americans think they need almost $1.5 million to retire. Experts say to focus on another number instead

cnbc.com When it comes to retirement, Americans have a new number in mind — $1.46 million — for how much they think they will need to live comfortably, according to new research from…

What’s Wrong With the U.S. Economy? It’s You, Not the Data

archive.ph In The Wall Street Journal’s latest poll of swing states , 74% of respondents said inflation has moved in the wrong direction in the past year. Yes, some individuals faced…

‘What I wish I knew’: Here are the top 5 retirement regrets this California financial adviser says he sees

aol.com As much as retirement promises a chance to pick up on passion projects and cozy up to that glorious nest egg, for some it marks a season of regret. Ari Taublieb, describes…

1 Unstoppable Vanguard ETF That Could Help You Reach $1 Million With Next to No Effort

finance.yahoo.com Investing in the stock market can help build life-changing wealth, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a fantastic way to invest with minimal effort. Each ETF contains…

A Short History of Stocks

ritholtz.com Confused about where we are today? A favorite exercise is to go back to first principles to consider how we got to where we are. (That is a favorite way to find fresh…

1 Simple Vanguard ETF Could Turn $500 Per Month Into $50,000 in Annual Dividend Income

finance.yahoo.com Replacing your paycheck, or at least part of it, with a steady stream of dividends is a great retirement strategy. Not only could you earn enough from your investments to…

Ask an Advisor: I'm 61 With $900k in My 401(k) and $800k Sitting in a Money Market Account. How Should I Invest?

finance.yahoo.com I have $800,000 sitting in a money market account because I don't know what else to do with it. My hope was that I could put it in something that can yield around 4-5%…

Bitcoin is the only way out of feudalism

cryptoslate.com The following is a guest post by Kadan Stadelmann, the CTO of Komodo Blockchain. The US has undergone an immense consolidation of wealth and power in recent years. Americans…

Looking for an Easy Way to Earn Passive Income? This Vanguard ETF Pays a Dividend Yield of Nearly 4.9%

finance.yahoo.com There's a common problem with passive income: Generating it isn't as passive as investors expect. Owning real estate often comes with plenty of work. Finding attractive…

If You Like This High-Yield Vanguard Fund, Then You'll Love These Two Dividend Stocks

finance.yahoo.com Whether you are an experienced investor or just getting started, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a great addition to your portfolio for their diversification and…

Americans Think They Need $1.8 Million to Retire. Here's How You Can Get There

finance.yahoo.com Americans believe they’ll need at least $1.8 million to retire, an increase from last year’s magic number of $1.7 million. However, not very many are confident they’ll be…

Here's how much Americans think they need to retire

aol.com Americans believe they’ll need at least $1.8 million to retire, an increase from last year’s magic number of $1.7 million. However, not very many are confident they’ll be…

This Vanguard ETF Has Skyrocketed 40% in 12 Months. Is It a No-Brainer Buy Right Now?

finance.yahoo.com Many investors might think exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are like the tortoise and the hare in Aesop's fable about the race between these two unlikely competitors. In their…

5 Investors Betting Big on Globe Life (GL) Stock

investorplace.com GL stock is already rebounding after Fuzzy Panda's short report After getting hit by a short report from Fuzzy Panda Research yesterday, shares of Globe Life (NYSE:GL) hit a…