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October 9, 2025

Stocks Advance, Despite D.C. Shutdown

As the midnight deadline approached for Congress to pass a continuing resolution ...

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October 8, 2025

How Are They Going to Pay for All This?

No matter how enthusiastic one might be about the prospects for artificial intelligence, ...

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October 7, 2025

Scale, Scarcity, Strategy: Three Faces of Technological Power

In the 20th century, power revolved around oil, steel and finance. In the 21st, it ...

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October 3, 2025

Euro, Yen Gain As Dollar Weakens

Investors are turning to the euro and yen as safe havens amid rising global uncertainty ...

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Dispersion remained the theme, with the Dispersion Index still elevated. While it could rise further, it’s something to watch—high dispersion typically coincides with low correlations.

Outlook

Elevated Dispersion Highlights Market Vulnerability

by Mott Capital Management, LLC
Published October 1, 2025
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This insight outlines several industry and sectoral implications from market developments during the first half of 2025 that argue for greater diversification for multi-asset investors and is supported by lower asset correlations recently.

Strategies

Dynamic Market Creates New Sectoral Diversification Opportunities

by FTSE Russell
Published September 30, 2025
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It is important to understand the fundamentals of any asset to improve the probability of a positive outcome when investing your hard-earned capital. Capital markets have their own version of grading scales when it comes to evaluating assets.

Reflections Strategies

Keep The Alphabet In Mind

by Yale Bock
Published September 29, 2025
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While widely anticipated, the real news about the cut was in the finer points made by Fed Chair in the post-meeting press conference. He said the move was essentially a “risk management” cut which confused investors a bit.

Outlook

Fed Cuts Short-Term Interest Rates

by Gerry Sparrow
Published September 25, 2025
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The enthusiasm for all things related to artificial intelligence is akin to that of the dawn of the internet, though many of the circumstances are quite different.

Outlook

Bandwidth Then, Data Centers Now?

by Interactive Brokers Traders Insight
Published September 24, 2025
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With Fed policy remaining highly data-dependent at this stage of the game, getting policy to neutral is a good starting point. If the upcoming employment data doesn’t improve, or gets worse, in the months ahead, then the voting members will more than likely front-load their rate cuts and get them in before year-end…then on to 2026.

Outlook

Fed Watch: Will It Be Déjà Vu All Over Again?

by WisdomTree
Published September 24, 2025
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Fall days and autumn years can be everything you ever wanted them to be, if you plan wisely for those autumn years. Check out Interactive Advisors - with offerings as diverse and impactful as the colors of leaves during the fall season.

Reflections Strategies

Autumn Years, Dreamy Days

by Interactive Advisors
Published September 23, 2025

Financials may shine post Fed rate cut, with strong fundamentals and earnings growth creating new investment opportunities in the sector.

Strategies

Financials May Get A Boost From Rate Cuts

by State Street Investment Management
Published September 18, 2025
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It’s unusual to see both the Dispersion Index and the Implied Correlation Index up at the same time - but stock implied volatility is climbing faster than index-level implied volatility. This is likely because risk is being repriced.

Outlook

Volatility Measures and Liquidity Highlight Fragile Market Setup

by Mott Capital Management, LLC
Published September 17, 2025
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Singapore’s Straits Times Index (STI), covering 85% of the local equity market by capitalisation, is more than just a stock barometer. With a legacy dating back to 1966, the STI has grown alongside Singapore’s economy, and become a regional diversification tool.

Reflections

Beyond Headlines: Five Things About Singapore’s STI

by FTSE Russell
Published September 17, 2025
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Newsbytes covering the ruling related to the Argentina-based energy firm YPF, Bank of Japan and the landing of typhoon Kajiki in Vietnam and China.

Outlook

Spanning the Globe: YPF Ruling, Japan’s Rates, and Vietnam Storms

by Yale Bock
Published September 16, 2025
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At Interactive Advisors, we believe in an individual’s freedom of choice, as much as we believe in the value of the occasional hand-holding that you can rely on when needed.

Strategies

Being Hands-On, Hands Down!

by Interactive Advisors
Published September 11, 2025

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