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Cooling inflation and a weakening labor market could boost growth ETFs as rate-hike risks fade and AI spending supports earnings growth.

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Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, advanced 0.2% last month, with the overall annual inflation rate landing at 3.4%.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.25%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.85%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.38%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.04%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.15%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are down -0.04%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Headline -23K new jobs was more than -100K below the +83K analysts were expecting.

In an interview with Punchbowl News, President Trump said expanding data center infrastructure is critical to supporting AI growth.

WTI crude crossed $78 as uncertainty over an Iran-Oman shipping agreement fueled inflation concerns.

Dow ended lower following five consecutive sessions of gains.

Weekly Jobless Claims continue to demonstrate the most optimistic of all U.S. employment gauge.

A Tuesday phone call ended 26 years of steady paychecks, and now a severance check sits on the kitchen table with no real retirement plan behind it. Four income ETFs can turn that lump sum into monthly cash flow, but each one comes with trade-offs that could quietly erode what you worked decades to build.

Twenty-five of the 27 biggest single-day point gains in Dow history share a surprising common thread, but the full picture behind that stat challenges almost everything the headline implies.

The popular dividend fund is more expensive than its own recent past, but the earnings inside haven't kept pace.

This popular small-cap fund is trading at a premium to its own history, forcing a hard look at whether the growth inside is enough to justify the price.

International Brent crude futures fell 4.73% to end at $83.77 a barrel after Trump canceled plans to attack Iran.

The uranium fund's history of deep dives offers a tough lesson for anyone tempted by the current discount.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield topped 4.7% on the day, its highest level since January 2025.

A new high for your international stock fund feels like a moment to act, but the smartest move might be the hardest one.

You bought a diversified fund, but you may have quietly inherited a concentrated position in one very stretched technology stock.

Your diversified fund may have quietly made a concentrated bet on this one high-flying aerospace stock for you.

The fund's history of bouncing from pullbacks is encouraging, but what's inside the basket makes this a concentrated play.

Microsoft stock records best day since 2008 on strong cloud revenue.

Beyond owning different stocks, true diversification is owning something that zigs when the market zags.

Wall Street Gains Momentum as Inflation Cools and Bond Yields Retreat

Year over year headline PCE at +3.7% was in-line with expectations, the lightest since March but still elevated.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +1.12%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.64%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +2.69%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +1.09%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The fund is asking a higher price than usual, but the brisk earnings of its biggest companies might just back it up.

A fund's label tells you the strategy, but rarely reveals the concentrated bets you are actually making.

Before you add to your position, understand what the fund's own past says about the extra downside that often comes first.

Without you picking it, a single pharmaceutical stock may have quietly become one of the largest positions inside your funds.