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If You Think the Bull Market Is Back, Here's 1 Way to Position Your Portfolio

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When the biggest stocks outperform Most exchange-traded funds track popular indexes like the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq 100 , and among the top indexes in terms of popularity, the vast majority weight their component stocks by market capitalization. They aren't perfect, and they don't always outperform.

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Almost Every Ark Fund Is Now Underperforming The Overall Market. Here's Why.

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Are you a fan of Cathie Wood's Ark Invest exchange-traded funds? It was a time when investors readily embraced -- and bid up -- stocks of companies with novel business ideas. Ark's fund owned a bunch of these names. Ark Funds were red hot. Each fund simply focuses on a different area of innovation.

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Why Space Stocks Virgin Galactic, BlackSky, and AST SpaceMobile Sank on Monday

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In what appears to be a simple "sell the news" event, investors who bid up BlackSky in anticipation of the stock being added to the Russell 3000 index of small stocks are selling the company's stock, now that it's actually been added to the index (this morning). As of noon ET, spy satellite operator BlackSky has lost 6.7%

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4 Reasons to Buy Ethereum Like There's No Tomorrow

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First, it changed the calculations of transaction fees -- also known as " gas fees " -- from a manual bidding system instead of an automated one. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first spot price Bitcoin exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ) earlier this year.

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Is the Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF a Millionaire Maker?

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A far better option would be to take a broad-based approach via an exchange traded fund (ETF) like the Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF. It is probably best to think of this fund as a part of a larger diversified portfolio that can, hopefully, help you become a millionaire over time, not overnight.

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Coinbase Is The Real Winner in the Bitcoin ETF Race

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In the last month, a wave of major financial institutions have applied to offer spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) in a bid to bridge Wall Street with the original cryptocurrency.

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Why Bitcoin's (BTC) Price Plunged This Week

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the market's first 11 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Unlike previous "Bitcoin ETFs," which were pinned only to future contracts or held shares of Bitcoin-related companies, these new funds directly hold Bitcoins. 10, the U.S.