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If Gold Is Great Again, This ETF Could Soar

As of late August 21, gold was on pace for a monthly gain of 14%. So even if the yellow metal trades flat over the remainder of August and concludes the month with a 14% gain, that will represent the commodity’s best monthly showing in 27 years. Helped by its combination of gold futures/large-cap equity […]

Bitcoin Bounce Boosting This Crypto-Correlated Stock

Last week’s bitcoin rally, one supported in part by the White House reiterating its pro-cryptocurrency stance while continuing to lean on policymakers to pass the Clarity Act, benefited an array of crypto-correlated stocks, including Coinbase Global (COIN). Shares of the largest regulated domestic cryptocurrency broker surged more than 25% last week, providing a massive spark […]

Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B

Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders’ feeling of responsibility to community, doubts arise as to whether a sale will happen.

US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards

Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will act as co-CEOs of the new entity.

Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny

In one crash, the driver of a 2024 Blazer EV said they had to “deliberately steer the vehicle into a concrete curb” to slow it down and avoid a “catastrophic intersection collision.”

Bowie State’s EIC: Training NextGen Entrepreneurs

The Right Way To Use AI At Every Stage Of Your Career

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help employees work faster, but relying too heavily on the technology could prevent some workers from developing the professional judgment needed to advance their careers, Forbes reports. That risk may be particularly significant for early-career professionals, workplace strategist Nirit Cohen wrote, examining how workers should approach AI at different stages of […]

Indexing Redefined, Part I: The RAFI Approach

When it comes to equities exposure, investors typically gravitate toward a passive, market-cap-weighted index as the default strategy. These strategies are often billed as an efficient, low-cost method to capture broad market returns. As such, cap-weighted funds that track the S&P 500 or MSCI World have taken in trillions of dollars in global capital. However, […]

CoinShares Report: The Significant Growth of Equities Issued on Blockchain

Tokenised equities are the fastest-growing category of on-chain real-world assets by holder count, and the smallest by value. Both facts matter. Roughly $2.2B of equity exposure has been tokenised on-chain. The global equity market is above $100T. Anyone using the first number to argue that tokenisation has arrived is overreaching, and anyone using it to […]

Why the Nuclear Sector Still Has Room to Grow

Since the announcement of Microsoft (MSFT) working with Constellation Energy (CEG) to restart a reactor at the Three Mile Island plant, publicly traded companies in the nuclear sector have seen significant stock price changes. New investors looking at the nuclear renaissance story are now assessing whether the opportunity has come and gone for capitalizing on […]

U.S. ETF Inflows Hit Record $1.23 Trillion Through July

U.S.-listed ETFs pulled in a record $193.42 billion in July, pushing year-to-date net inflows to $1.23 trillion. That total is the strongest seven-month haul on record, according to ETFGI’s July 2026 U.S. ETF industry report. Key Takeaways: U.S. ETFs pulled in a record $1.23 trillion in new money through July 2026. Global ETF assets hit […]