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The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) is the most widely held energy ETF in the U.S., with roughly $38 billion in net assets, spanning the full energy value chain.

Look, investors didn't get what they wanted to hear last night. I think that it was pretty straightforward that there were a lot of people buying stocks, betting that this was going to be the official wind-down. Not more bombing.

Escalating geopolitical risk continued to dominate global markets' concerns, with safe-haven demand keeping the dollar index anchored near a multi-week high.

Warning to the invading American ruling establishment and its affiliated spy companies. You ignored our repeated warnings about the necessity of halting terrorist operations, and today, in terrorist attacks carried out by you and your Israeli allies, a number of Iranian citizens were martyred.

The fund blends high yield corporate bonds, senior loans, and debt tranches of U.S. collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) into a single actively managed portfolio, aiming to deliver income that beats the broad bond market while keeping volatility lower than any single segment on its own.

The collaboration marks a new milestone in AI-driven trading infrastructure as professional-level financial intelligence becomes more accessible to mainstream users.

Hedge funds and other money managers spent $2.8 billion on alternative data in 2025, according to a new report from consultancy Neudata, a 17% jump from the year before. It's more than double what asset managers spent on alternative data in 2021, which includes a wide range of non-traditional information sources. The report projects that the total spend on alternative datasets could jump to more than $23 billion in the consultancy's bull case in 2030 and just under $8 billion in the bear case.

The stock market put together another rally on Wednesday, with hopes for an end to the war in Iran and some solid economic data pushing stocks higher.

BMO believes Americas Gold has the expertise to execute its optimization strategy, particularly at the Galena Complex, and sees the company's approach increasing free cash flow generation as production grows organically.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) tracks the MSCI EAFE Index, covering large- and mid-cap equities across developed markets in Europe, Australasia, and the Far East, explicitly excluding the US and Canada. The fund has been running since August 2001, carries $77.8 billion in assets, and charges 32 basis points annually. For a fund of this size and history, that cost is competitive.

When the underlying asset has already delivered 47% gains over the past year, even a fraction of a percent in annual fees compounds into real drag.

Of course, time will tell if it's too soon to go bottom-fishing for software. Either way, I think the AI disruption wave is just getting started. And, with that, investors should be careful which kinds of tech names they look to pick up on the way down. At the same time, investors tend to panic and sell first while asking questions later.

Oil futures touched $100 per barrel this week as Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, the waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas transits. The International Energy Agency called the conflict the biggest-ever disruption to oil supply, and Iran's security chief has stated the war won't end soon.

One of the key factors that I continue to harp on as intrinsic to my bullish thesis on TMC is the company's control of what it claims is the world's largest undeveloped battery metals resource in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The company estimates that it has access to around 274 million metric tons (Mt) of wet nodules, including 51 Mt of probable reserves. These are the first, and largest-ever declared reserves for deep-sea mining, with key battery minerals included in these nodules that are surging in value.