The Motley Fool

JANUARY 1, 2024

RBC Global Asset Management thinks there's a 70% chance of a recession in the first half of the year. 2007-June 2009 (56.8%) Feb. If you want to keep it even simpler, buy low-cost index exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that include a diversified basket of stocks. will be able to avoid a recession in the new year.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2024

The cryptocurrency has soared 60% since the start of 2024 as investors have rotated back into risk assets amid signs of a strong economy. Bitcoin currently traded at about $70,000, and it has a market capitalization of more than $1.3 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been on fire in recent months. million by 2030.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The cryptocurrency has also been an extraordinarily lucrative investment since its launch in 2009. Additionally, spot-traded exchange-traded funds have also helped make Bitcoin more liquid and mainstream. The new class of digital assets is building a toolbox of traditional finance systems.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A great way to simplify is by investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which are funds that trade on the stock market like individual stocks. For comparison, the largest S&P 500 ETF by assets under management , the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust , has an expense ratio of 0.0945%. per $1,000 invested.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Mutual fund giant Vanguard Group offers over 60 equity-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Diversified and investment banks could face declining profits or returns on equity if consumers and companies struggle to afford their expenses or asset values fall. weighting in Nvidia.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

With $186 billion in net assets and a mere 0.04% expense ratio, the Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEMKT: VTV) is one of the largest low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs) out there. The fund has a minimum investment of just $1, so it's easy to incrementally build a position over time. Oracle began paying a dividend in 2009.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Spot Bitcoin ETFs: After the Securities and Exchange Commission gave its approval, 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs hit the U.S. Indeed, Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at crypto index fund manager Bitwise Asset Management, recently wrote, "Bitcoin ETFs are being adopted by institutions at the fastest rate of any ETF in history."

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2024

This bullish sentiment has also crept into the more speculative digital asset space. But over long periods, this digital asset has certainly soared. The first development was the highly anticipated approval of spot exchange-traded funds. The cryptocurrency market is currently valued at $2.5

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2024

The upcoming distribution of assets from the notorious Mt. Gox exchange is stirring the pot right now, and inflationary pressures are still doing funny things to volatile asset classes such as growth stocks and cryptocurrencies. This hard cap makes Bitcoin one of the few assets with a truly limited supply.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

VanEck, it should be noted, has among its offerings the VanEck Bitcoin ETF , one of the many funds that invest solely in that asset. Still, it's also riskier than directly owning Bitcoin or a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund ( ETF ) because the company is constantly issuing new shares and taking on more debt to fund its crypto purchases.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 15, 2024

Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has risen from some obscure internet money to a legitimate asset that even Wall Street has embraced. Its journey has been nothing short of historic. But the reality is that Bitcoin might only be starting.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager with some $9 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and the market leader in exchange-traded funds (ETF). BlackRock generates most of its revenue from fees on its funds and ETFs, and many of those fees are based on asset levels. annualized return.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager Nobody manages assets at the scale that BlackRock does. trillion in assets under management (AUM) makes it the world's largest asset manager, outpacing Vanguard ($7.2 The inflection point for the company came in 2009. Here's why. trillion in AUM) and Fidelity ($3.8

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Here's a look at how this unique exchange-traded fund (ETF) can turn a $10,000 investment into roughly $1,000 of income each year. The fund's strategy of writing calls on the Nasdaq-100 index is very lucrative: Its last monthly distribution had an annualized yield of 12.4%. Over the last 12 months, the yield is 9.9%.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Investment management firm Vanguard offers low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold dozens if not hundreds of stocks. Betting on the best Leveraged companies with low-quality assets can do very well when oil prices are high. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $45,954 !*

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 13, 2024

However, there's one significant development that could help it reach this lofty milestone -- spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Consider this: BlackRock 's iShares Bitcoin Trust became the fastest ETF in history to surpass $50 billion in assets under management (AUM), far outpacing the previous record holder.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2024

One of my many passive income strategies is investing in exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ) that offer high income yields, like the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEMKT: JEPI). I'm willing to risk some payment volatility in exchange for a much higher income yield than other asset classes.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

BlackRock and bull markets BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) , the world's largest asset management firm, is one of those stocks with the potential to deliver both high-yielding dividends and strong returns. That's because its fund and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are invested in the market and their asset levels move with it.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

In the third quarter of this year, he built up a record cash level of more than $300 billion, representing 28% of Berkshire Hathaway's asset value; that's the highest percentage in more than 30 years. Through this exchange-traded fund , you can invest in the 500 top stocks powering today's economy.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 19, 2024

In fact, if the index follows the pattern of the past three recovery and growth periods dating back to 2009, it may climb into the double digits this year. Fortunately, there's another almost effortless way to bet on the Nasdaq, and that's by investing in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that aims to mimic its performance.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Bitcoin is already the winner When Bitcoin was launched in 2009, it was the first time ever that two people could send money to each other digitally without the use of an intermediary. The digital asset is set to undergo a halving in April. But at a daily burn rate of 243,000, it's barely putting a dent in that high number.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 5, 2024

One way investors can diversify their portfolios is with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) , and the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that debuted early in 2024 made that even easier. It reached $10 billion in assets under management more quickly than any other ETF in history, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2024

A related topic for this phenomenon is called the Greater Fool Theory -- an idea that explores the notion of investors paying a premium for assets because they think prices will continue appreciating, causing someone else (the greater fool) to pay even more. BLOK data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Whether you're a seasoned investor or a first-time investor, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a great way to grow your wealth. The fund's holdings are diverse, with manufacturing (18%), finance (16%), industrials (8%), and technology (8%) comprising the largest sector representations. WSM Williams-Sonoma 3.7%

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Citron's main argument is that Bitcoin investing has become easier than ever with the advent of spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and trading platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood. But there could be volatility on this path and MicroStrategy strikes me as a more risky play on an already risky asset.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 17, 2023

First, she sees institutional adoption pushing Bitcoin's price higher and expects it to be the latest new asset class to gain adoption the way emerging markets and real estate have earlier. Bitcoin has been around for nearly 15 years, created in early 2009 by the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Will Bitcoin reach $1 million?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

One great alternative is to invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). You'll especially want to consider the funds' costs. The fund first traded publicly in November 2009. Many investors reach a point in their lives when growth isn't nearly as important as income.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 5, 2024

All of those concerns speak to the broader question of these assets' safety as investments. After Bitcoin launched in 2009, it took two full years for it to rise above the $1 mark. And it is available for trading just about everywhere. People could select multiple responses.) It's not a meme coin. But is Bitcoin "safe"?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 9, 2024

The company even founded Alarm.com in 2000 before later selling it to a venture capital firm in 2009. But with some cash on hand and slow revenue growth, now-Executive Chairman Michael Saylor decided to purchase $250 million of Bitcoin, becoming the first publicly traded company to do so.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ricky Mulvey: It's been maybe a little bit of a problem at Disney lately asset. What's happening here is that institutional holders, those who buy companies as they are falling within indices, ETFs, exchange-traded funds, they've got to buy those shares to keep their proportions equal. The credit sort of looks good here.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The Nasdaq's highest-yielding stocks each require a footnote Cutting straight to the chase, the Nasdaq's highest-yielding names right now (excluding small caps and exchange-traded funds) are Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ: IEP) , AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) , and Torm PLC (NASDAQ: TRMD).

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you have enough safe assets, if you have enough treasury bills to live on for three years, or five years, or better yet, a decade. You're not going to panic when the rest of your holdings, the risky asset, the stocks that you own, fall by 50%, 60% You're not going to pull the trigger and sell those at the bottom.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2024

I would say ideally investors should have 3-5% in hard assets. There are ways to do that that aren't so hard to manage the assets there. Investments out there that let you just take a nominal ownership in a certain asset. I think real estate is another great way to diversify your total asset base.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And before that, Morgan Stanley, doing technology and operations planning for the wealth and asset management group. What percentage of the assets are in ETFs relative to mutual funds? So fast forward to where we are today, we have over $40 billion in assets under management. BERRUGA: You know, great question.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 16, 2024

One of my favorite ways to invest is through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Today, thousands of ETFs are on the stock market, covering virtually every sector , asset class, and investment strategy possible. If youre worried youve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before its too late.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 12, 2024

is shaking up the top ranks of management, creating a new global product strategy group led by Stephen Cohen that will latch onto the global growth of exchange-traded funds and combine active and index strategies. billion in a major push into alternative assets. in early New York trading.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Atkins has said that the SEC should "update its regulations concerning custody of digital assets," using stronger tools than mere guidelines in staff accounting bulletins. The SEC approved 11 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in January. So the bullish market reaction to this nomination makes a lot of sense.

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