An expired patent — previously held by Vanguard — may spark a shake-up in the exchange-traded fund industry.Wall Street saw the patent as critical to Vanguard's success because it saved an enormous amount of money in taxes. Now, the firm's ETF competitors could get a chance to use it, too."It's really a...
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Trump says tariffs coming in April will ‘probably be more lenient than reciprocal’
US President Donald Trump meets with US Ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025.Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said that tariffs will likely be more "lenient than reciprocal," as the April 2 tariff deadline looms for a...
Morgan Stanley’s near-term rally call: CIO Mike Wilson sees beaten-up Mag 7 stocks as winners
Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson sees a meaningful rotation back into U.S. stocks, and he sees one beaten-up group as a winner."It started out with a low-quality rally, which is what we expect – meaning a short squeeze," the firm's chief investment officer told CNBC's "Fast Money" on Monday. "Then, what...
‘Some more banana skins in front of us’: Why investors may want to increase exposure to bonds
Investors may want to get back to the basics when it comes to navigating the stock market volatility.According to F/m Investments CEO Alex Morris, they should consider increasing their exposure to bonds."Particularly on the short end of the curve … there's a lot of safe haven to be had there,"...
China’s property market edges toward an inflection point
Urban buildings in Huai'an city, Jiangsu province, China, on March 18, 2025.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesBEIJING — UBS analysts on Wednesday became the latest to raise expectations that China's struggling real estate market is close to stabilizing."After four or five years of a downward cycle, we have begun...