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BANGKOK — Asian shares were mixed Friday after Wall Street broke a two-day losing streak and edged back toward record levels, helped by advances for Big Tech companies like Nvidia. U.S. futures advanced and oil prices slipped. Tech shares regained momentum after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a major supplier to the industry, reported strong profits…

1Invesco Ltd. AUM of $2,124.8 billion as of September 30, 2025.2Morningstar Direct, as of 11/30/253Ibid.4Ibid. There are risks involved with investing in ETFs, including possible loss of money. Index-based ETFs are not actively managed. Actively managed ETFs do not necessarily seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. Both index-based and actively managed ETFs…

U.S. stock futures were mostly higher in premarket trading on Friday as tech stocks continued to rally on optimism about AI spending. Futures contracts connected to the Nasdaq 100 were up 0.4% in recent trading, while S&P 500 futures advanced 0.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gave up earlier gains to trade marginally lower. The…

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $260.0 to $450.0 for UnitedHealth Group over the last 3 months.

Many Baby Boomers in 2026 need dependable passive income, and one outstanding way to achieve this is to invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Unlike open-end mutual funds, ETFs trade on major exchanges like stocks. They own financial assets, including stocks, bonds, currencies, debt, futures contracts, and commodities such as gold bars. The more passive income…

© zimmytws / Shutterstock.com When you turn 62, you become eligible to claim your Social Security benefits. Most financial experts strongly advise that you wait to start your checks, despite the fact you could file for benefits to begin ASAP. However, finance expert Dave Ramsey has taken a different stance.  On the Ramsey Solutions blog,…

In brief Ark Invest has published its 2026 Outlook report, in which CEO Cathie Wood flags Bitcoin as a better asset for portfolio diversification as she sounds the alarm on gold’s rally. Wood’s preference for Bitcoin is driven by its algorithmically fixed supply, unlike gold, whose miners can increase production in response to high prices.…

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 200 points on Thursday. Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.41% to 49,352.44 while the NASDAQ surged 0.78% to 23,655.17. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.55% to 6,964.89. Leading and Lagging Sectors Information technology shares gained by 1.4%…

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Benchmark indices on Wall Street ended Thursday’s trading session with gains, albeit off the session’s highs, recovering some of the losses seen during Wednesday’s sell-off, particularly in tech shares. The Dow Jones gained close to 300 points. At one point, the index had risen close to 450 points towards the 49,600 mark. Both the S&P…