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Australian investors are on the hunt for income and are piling into exchange-traded funds that are focused on dividends, bonds and cash amid higher interest rates and looming changes to capital gains tax. Money flowing into cash and fixed-income-focused ETFs more than doubled in June to $1 billion from $494 million in May, according to…

The next Social Security payment is scheduled for Wednesday, July 15, 2026, and it’s headed to recipients born between the 11th and 20th of the month. This mid-month payment arrives right in the thick of the billing cycle — a welcome deposit for the ongoing expenses that keep stacking up through the second half of…

GELEPHU MINDFULNESS CITY, Bhutan, July 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Following the recent launch of its margin trading feature, BIT (formerly Matrixport) today announced the official rollout of its U.S.

Seoul shares plunged 9 percent Monday as investors dumped technology stocks for profit-taking amid renewed tensions in the Middle East. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 669.01 points, or 8.95 percent, to close at 6,806.93 after falling as low as 6,783.43. Trade volume was…

Gold slid over 1% on Monday as fears of a closure of the Strait of Hormuz drove oil prices sharply higher, reviving expectations of elevated interest rates to combat inflationary pressures from escalating hostilities in the Middle East. Edgar Su | Reuters Gold prices fell for a second straight session on Monday ​as renewed hostilities in…

If you don’t have much of a work history, you may be in line for a modest monthly Social Security benefit — if you even qualify for benefits at all. But in that case, you may still have options. If you’re married or an eligible divorcee, you may be entitled to receive spousal benefits from…

Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of Ark Invest, is loading up on an AI stock that the market has been dumping in recent weeks, CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV). Ark’s largest exchange-traded fund (ETF), the ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEMKT: ARKK), has added more than 100,000 shares of CoreWeave in recent weeks. On July 8, Wood bought $811,600…

CoreWeave just had one of its worst stretches as a public company. Its stock lost more than 30% in two months, insiders sold millions in shares, and Meta’s push into AI cloud services spooked the entire neocloud sector. Cathie Wood saw all that — and bought anyway. Here’s what her $2.1 million bet tells us…

A trader works on the floor of the American Stock Exchange AMEX) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures fell slightly on Sunday night as traders weighed the latest events in the Middle East and braced for…

It’s been a fun few years for the stock market. Ever since the broader S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.42%) index crashed by 20% in 2022, the market has enjoyed a fast-and-furious bull run. Much of that has been driven by artificial intelligence (AI), as investors have poured into stocks they see as the largest beneficiaries of…