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July 14, 2025

The Digital Economy - Critical Minerals And Equity Markets

Demand for critical minerals is set to accelerate, driven by the rapid adoption of ...

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July 10, 2025

Why Bananas Are Important For Investors To Understand

Bananas are an interesting food for a number of reasons. But why would they matter ...

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July 10, 2025

Trade and Jobs Cheer Markets in Short Holiday Week

Trade developments and continued momentum pushed all three major averages to modest ...

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July 9, 2025

August 1st Is The New July 9th

Investors are far less freaked out about tariffs than they were just three months ...

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Interactive Advisors turns 18! From candlesticks to candles then, we continue our steady run as a financial robo-advisor, and stay fully invested in giving our customers the same quality of experience they signed up for on day one.

Reflections

Candles and Candlesticks

by Interactive Advisors
Published July 8, 2025
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Economically, the major implication is in the energy markets. Lower energy prices are a good thing for many countries and for the global economy. The utility industry needs power generation capabilities after all.

Outlook

Spanning The Globe: Events Of The Middle East

by Yale Bock
Published July 3, 2025
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Once again, the decision to keep Fed Funds at its current level came as little surprise, as the Fed continues to be sitting back and waiting to see how the economic and inflation landscape unfolds given the uncertainties that have arisen from tariff-related developments.

Outlook

Fed Watch: In No Hurry

by WisdomTree
Published July 3, 2025
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There is no dearth of remarkable purchases, being made at ridiculous price points, by different folks, for all sorts of reasons. For active participants in the investing world though, investments involve looking out for fees vs. returns to begin with.

Reflections Strategies

Money – Part Sunny, Part Funny

by Interactive Advisors
Published July 2, 2025
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Markets are strange animals: just when everything seems perfectly aligned for a particular outcome, they have a way of knocking you down. The upcoming week will be short but busy, packed with economic data and potential surprises.

Outlook

Market At Extremes

by Mott Capital Management, LLC
Published July 1, 2025
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Structuring equity portfolios to withstand macroeconomic uncertainty means rethinking geographic diversification, focusing on quality stocks, and positioning for secular tailwinds from broadening AI adoption and greater defense spending.

Strategies

Position Toward Quality Stocks and Policy Tailwinds

by State Street Global Advisors
Published June 27, 2025
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The recent large moves in the US dollar have brought the idea of currency hedging to investor attention. Currency hedging is often ignored when discussing international equity investments but this recent period of unusual currency moves (discussed in another insight) reminds us of the impact of currency risk.

Strategies

Currency Hedging of International Equities

by FTSE Russell
Published June 26, 2025
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Chair Powell has managed to stay on message about remaining cautious ahead of the potential effects of tariffs and resisted getting sucked into partisan politics. Since nothing he wrote or later said was particularly market-moving, equity traders could resume buying.

Outlook

Powell Says Nothing to Hurt Market Confidence

by Interactive Brokers Traders Insight
Published June 26, 2025
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As autonomous vehicles and industrial robots converge under the banner of autonomous systems, investors should recognize robotics as the foundational layer of a new physical economy operating system.

Outlook

The Realignment of Robotics in 2025

by WisdomTree
Published June 25, 2025
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In financial parlance - mindful living requires minimum investment and can yield multi-dimensional returns as it also allows one to choose healthier and more sustainable lifestyles. In short, it’s the perfect foil to our current state of getting nowhere really fast.

Reflections Sustainability

A Matter of Life and Breath

by IA SRI
Published June 19, 2025

In an environment where uncertainty is the only certainty, building resilient portfolios for a wide range of possible outcomes means diversifying differently with multi-asset strategies, real assets, and gold.

Strategies

Diversify Differently to Build Resilience

by State Street Global Advisors
Published June 19, 2025

Stocks fell last week as an up-and-down mix of trade progress and anxiety, economic news, and geopolitical tensions netted out. Beginning Friday morning, all three averages were under pressure all day following news of an escalated conflict in the Middle East. Oil prices pushed higher on Friday on supply concerns.

Outlook

Market Attention Turns to Trade and Oil

by Gerry Sparrow
Published June 19, 2025

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