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Making its debut on 11/21/2007, smart beta exchange traded fund First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend ETF (FGD) provides investors broad exposure to the Foreign Large Value ETF category of the market. What Are Smart Beta ETFs? Market cap weighted indexes were created to reflect the market, or a specific segment of the market,…

Verizon joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2004, when AT&T was removed and the index needed a new telecommunications name. It held that seat for 22 years. S&P Dow Jones Indices revealed on June 23 that the seat now belongs to someone else. Alphabet (GOOGL) will replace Verizon Communications (VZ) in the 30-stock index…

When evaluating the performance of the stock market, investors’ primary focus is generally the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.05%) index. This is the ultimate benchmark, comprising around 500 large, profitable U.S. businesses. It’s a good way for investors to gauge the state of the American economy. In the past decade, the S&P 500 index has generated…

Mirae Asset Ultra Short Duration Fund delivered 1.0% returns over the last one month and 7.2% CAGR over three years, according to ACE MF data on June 28. Moneycontrol Desk June 29, 2026 / 13:35 IST Among ultra-short-duration mutual funds that meet the screen used for this ranking, Mirae Asset Ultra Short Duration Fund is…

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Karen Brettell NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. economy and the U.S. stock market are starting to go their own ways.  An eventful June featuring the launch of the record-busting SpaceX IPO and Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh’s first meeting has been full of contradictions.  U.S. economic data has…

Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100 per cent import tariff on any European country that imposes a tax on digital services from US companies. Writing on Truth Social on Friday, the US president said that “numerous European countries” had been discussing putting a digital services tax on American companies and that “some of…

Google’s parent company Alphabet will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) when the US stock market opens on Monday, June 29. Alphabet will replace Verizon Communications in the 30-stock Dow index. This change means the Dow will have more exposure to technology and digital businesses. Alphabet joins the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June…

ICICI Pru Corp Bond Fund delivered 6.0% CAGR returns over the last one year and 7.5% CAGR over three years, according to ACE MF data on June 28. Moneycontrol Desk June 29, 2026 / 13:44 IST ICICI Pru Corp Bond Fund currently leads the corporate-bond mutual fund category with a one-year CAGR return of 6.0…

Bandhan Short Duration Fund delivered 3.3% returns over the last six months and 7.3% CAGR over three years, according to ACE MF data on June 28. Moneycontrol Desk June 29, 2026 / 13:40 IST Among short-duration mutual funds that meet the screen used for this ranking, Bandhan Short Duration Fund is at the top on…

Quant Infrastructure Fund delivered 3.3% returns over the last one month and 21.5% CAGR over three years, according to ACE MF data on June 28. Moneycontrol Desk June 29, 2026 / 13:39 IST Quant Infrastructure Fund currently leads the infrastructure sectoral mutual fund category with a one-month return of 3.3 percent. It is followed by…