Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions from reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo on May 25, 2026. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on May 25 the government will compile a $19 billion supplementary budget to support households grappling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Iran war. (Photo by JIJI PRESS … Read more
Traders work during Madison Air Solutions Corp.’s initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. stock futures ticked higher early Friday after President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran “should … Read more
Fears of a private credit crisis are rising as firms at the heart of the growing, but less liquid and less transparent, bond market face investor redemptions. That stress test has arrived just as private loans became more prevalent in the ETF market. It was a little over a year ago that the Securities and … Read more
People march through downtown Detroit on April 19, 2025. Dominic Gwinn | Afp | Getty Images Social Security is the nation’s largest social insurance program, making payments to approximately 75 million Americans every month. Yet the program faces an imminent funding shortfall. Social Security’s trust fund for retirement benefits may run out in 2032, which … Read more
The Federal Reserve’s pause on rate cuts means investors can still grab attractive yields on short-duration assets. The central bank opted to keep the federal funds rate between 3.5% to 3.75% on Wednesday and telegraphed one rate cut this year. The market, concerned about inflation amid surging oil prices and higher-than-expected wholesale costs , isn’t … Read more
The market may be entering a new phase: The shaking out of the most crowded “non-traditional” strategies. ETF Action founding partner Mike Akins contends not everything getting stuffed into exchange-traded funds, including private assets, makes sense and they need to be questioned a little bit. “The ETF wrapper is just more efficient for a lot … Read more
In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump described soon-to-launch Trump accounts as “tax-free investment accounts for every American child.” “This is something that’s so special, has taken off and gone through the roof,” Trump said in the annual speech before Congress. The accounts, created under Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” function largely like a traditional … Read more
Rates on money market funds have been steadily marching lower, but investors hoping to make a little more money on their cash can do so – if they’re willing to take a little more risk. Even as the Federal Reserve has lowered its key interest rate to a range of 3.5% to 3.75% and yields … Read more
Millions of workers without access to a 401(k) or other workplace retirement plan could get a new way to invest — and an annual government match of up to $1,000 — under a proposal from President Donald Trump. “Half of all of working Americans still do not have access to a retirement plan with matching … Read more
On the heels of a massive publicity push, more than 1 million people have signed up for Trump accounts, according to a post by the White House on X — well ahead of the July launch date. The “free money” is likely a major incentive. The federal government has said it will make a one-time $1,000 … Read more