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SINGAPORE – Singapore-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) galloped to a bumper year in 2025, with net inflows hitting $2.4 billion, driven by the sparkle of gold and surging interest in Reits and equities. One telling statistic from the Singapore Exchange’s latest ETF Market Highlights report is that total allocations to ETFs under the Central Provident Fund…

[SINGAPORE] Last year, I made the commendable decision to add investing to my 2026 resolutions. Commendable, if not for the fact that I did the same in 2025.  Admittedly, it has become an annual tradition to add investing to the top of my yearly resolutions. Unfortunately, I always manage to find an excuse to back…

Key Takeaways Cathie Wood of ARK Invest sees Bitcoin as a strong portfolio diversification tool due to its low correlation with other major asset classes. Analysis of weekly returns from 2020 to 2026 shows Bitcoin’s low correlation with gold (0.14) compared to the S&P 500’s correlation with bonds (0.27). Share this article Bitcoin’s low correlation…

By P.J. Huffstutter, Karl Plume and Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Across the U.S. farm belt, these have become depressing times. Farmers are facing another season of low prices, high costs and difficult decisions about how — or whether — to keep operating. Banks are cutting off some growers just as they urgently…

Fears of a slowdown in AI infrastructure expansion seem to be unfounded. Nvidia supplier Taiwan Semi plans capital expenditures to rise well above expectations this year. That provided a signal for AI investors. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock surged today as investor concerns about a peak in artificial…

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest began the new year with a focus on innovation themes like autonomy, gene editing, and advanced air mobility. Wood added names like Archer Aviation (ACHR) and Joby Aviation (JOBY), as well as Deere and Company (DE) as a growing autonomy play. Ark Invest also added some healthcare names to its holdings.…

U.S. stock market rebounded strongly on Thursday, with all three major indexes closing higher as fresh earnings, easing oil prices, and renewed confidence in artificial intelligence lifted investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to 49,267.93, adding 118.30 points, or 0.24%. The S&P 500 climbed 0.55% to 6,964.54, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.84%…

One of the things that’s going on at the moment is you see markets gravitating to higher multiples, because I think the market’s looking ahead and saying, most enterprises are going to find ways to drive more productivity in their business, and that should be good for earnings growth. And I think the market’s embracing…

Whatever happens in 2026, AI will be in the middle of it. While the term “artificial intelligence” has been around since the 1950s, AI arguably didn’t go mainstream until November 2022, when ChatGPT exploded into our lives. The AI-powered chatbot from OpenAI became the fastest-growing app of all time and ushered in a strange new…

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