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Could the U.S. Be the Frog in the Pot?

The day of reckoning analogy seems wrong to us. In our view, the markets have been slowly penalizing the U.S. for its fiscal imprudence. The U.S. economy has been punished for more than a decade (importantly, through bo…

Small Caps Deliver Big Gains

The small-cap stock rally we highlighted back in April has continued over the past few months, driven by factors such as robust U.S. economic growth disproportionately benefiting smaller, domestically focused businesses…

July Marks Another Rate Increase for Liquids Pipelines

July 1 carries a particular significance for many liquids pipelines in the U.S. Each year on this date, these pipelines are able to adjust their rates using an index based on inflation. This July marks the first adjustm…

This REIT ETF Puts the ‘R’ in Resilient

Considering that the Federal Reserve hasn’t obliged with interest rate cuts that likely would help the sector, real estate equities and the related ETFs are performing admirably this year.

Creative Destruction, Momentum, SpaceX

AI may reshape the labor market in ways that are difficult to predict, and it won’t be the first time this has happened. In the short term, the labor market appears to have stabilized and there are some early signs of a…

International ETF TOUS Signals Diversification Buy

What does it mean for an ETF to be spiking? The ETF landscape includes all sorts of ways to interpret information, but there are a few common and powerful ways to understand when an ETF may do well. Combined with macro …

If Gold Has Been Mispriced, This ETF May Be Ready to Rally

Gold prices posted impressive weekly gains last week, fostering hope for better things for the commodity in the second half of 2026, following a trying first half of the year. Of course, a more substantive rally will be…

Morning Minute: Strategy Turns Net Seller

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. And check out our new daily news show covering all of the to…

PEY Pertinent for Equity Income Investors

Through the first half of 2026, artificial intelligence (AI) and technology continued dominating the U.S. equity landscape, prompting some investors to gloss over the long-term value of dividend growth investing. With t…

Live markets: Bitcoin and ether ETFs drew inflows on Monday

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $265.69 million on Monday, the largest daily inflow in over a month and the second in three sessions after July 2 broke a long run of outflows, per SoSoValue data. Ether ETFs added $20.6…

XRP stalls near $1.14 as breakout attempt struggles for volume

XRP is still trying to turn last week’s rebound into a cleaner breakout, but the move is struggling for follow-through. Buyers stepped in after a sharp drop toward $1.11 and drove the token back toward resistance, yet X…