Choosing between iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) and State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF (NASDAQ:NZAC) involves weighing broad international exposure against a climate-conscious, tech-heavy global strategy. While both funds offer international equity exposure, they serve different roles in a diversified portfolio. The iShares ETF targets non-U.S. sto...
Choosing between iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) and State Street SPDR MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned ETF (NASDAQ:NZAC) involves weighing broad international exposure against a climate-conscious, tech-heavy global strategy. While both funds offer international equity exposure, they serve different roles in a diversified portfolio. The iShares ETF targets non-U.S. stocks across both developed and emerging markets, providing massive geographical diversification. In contrast, the State Street fund is a global vehicle that includes U.S. positions but filters them through an environmental screen to align with the Paris Agreement. The iShares fund is more affordable for long-term holders with an expense ratio of 0.07%, compared to 0.12% for the SPDR fund. For income-seeking investors, IXUS also offers a significantly higher payout, with a trailing-12-month distribution yield that exceeds NZAC’s by 1.12 percentage points. Continue reading
Way back in the DS days, Nintendo decided to stop selling to Amazon. During a recent lecture at NYU , former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé said it was because Amazon was seeking preferential treatment that would have hurt its relationship with other retailers, and potentially broken the law . The two sides have since made amends , and you can buy a Switch 2 through Amazon. But for...
Way back in the DS days, Nintendo decided to stop selling to Amazon. During a recent lecture at NYU , former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé said it was because Amazon was seeking preferential treatment that would have hurt its relationship with other retailers, and potentially broken the law . The two sides have since made amends , and you can buy a Switch 2 through Amazon. But for a long time, Nintendo consoles had been largely unavailable on the site. In the 2000s, Amazon aggressively expanded beyond books and tried to undercut everyone on price. According to Fils-Aimé, Amazon wanted to undercut even Walmart and was looking … Read the full story at The Verge.
Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the commission, joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the FCC's decision to order an early review of ABC's local broadcast licenses, calling it an egregious violation of the First Amendment. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday a...
Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the commission, joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the FCC's decision to order an early review of ABC's local broadcast licenses, calling it an egregious violation of the First Amendment. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning. (Source: Bloomberg)
Formula One racing driver who took up hand-cycling after an accident and went on to become a paralympic gold medallist Alex Zanardi, who has died aged 59, was a Formula One driver and two-times champion in Cart (previously IndyCar); he was also a paralympian who won four gold medals as a hand-cyclist. Perhaps above all he was esteemed as an inspirational figure who reinvented his life after losing...
Formula One racing driver who took up hand-cycling after an accident and went on to become a paralympic gold medallist Alex Zanardi, who has died aged 59, was a Formula One driver and two-times champion in Cart (previously IndyCar); he was also a paralympian who won four gold medals as a hand-cyclist. Perhaps above all he was esteemed as an inspirational figure who reinvented his life after losing both legs in a racing accident in 2001. In September that year, Zanardi was competing in a Cart race at Lausitzring in north-east Germany, the first time the American series raced in Europe, and was leading the race when he made a late refuelling stop. He lost control while exiting the pits, spun across the track and was hit broadside-on by Alex Tagliani. The impact sheared Zanardi’s car in half. “Part of the car stayed with me, and the other part left, with parts of me in it,” Zanardi recalled in his autobiography My Story (2004). Continue reading...
On a recent Prof G Markets segment, data center veteran John Perella described a near-miss in Virginia that should focus every infrastructure investor’s attention. “9 data centers went offline or they went to backup power. And when the grid came back up, the grid was expecting the data centers to be there and they weren’t.” ... Data Center Expert Warns Gigawatt-Scale AI Buildouts Could Trigger Rol...
On a recent Prof G Markets segment, data center veteran John Perella described a near-miss in Virginia that should focus every infrastructure investor’s attention. “9 data centers went offline or they went to backup power. And when the grid came back up, the grid was expecting the data centers to be there and they weren’t.” ... Data Center Expert Warns Gigawatt-Scale AI Buildouts Could Trigger Rolling Blackouts
The post Inside the Mind of an Active Trader, and How Direxion Can Help Them Use Leveraged ETFs During Major Market Events by Benzinga Contributors appeared first on Benzinga . Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. At the end of November 2025, there was about $160.5 billion invested in leveraged exchange-traded funds and notes (ETFs and ETNs). At that point, fund volumes accounted fo...
The post Inside the Mind of an Active Trader, and How Direxion Can Help Them Use Leveraged ETFs During Major Market Events by Benzinga Contributors appeared first on Benzinga . Visit Benzinga to get more great content like this. At the end of November 2025, there was about $160.5 billion invested in leveraged exchange-traded funds and notes (ETFs and ETNs). At that point, fund volumes accounted for approximately 8% of total trading activity on U.S. stock exchanges. Zoom in on those funds and you’ll see that about 90% of turnover comes from active retail traders. These products have served these traders by democratizing access to institutional-like strategies in products that are readily available. Direxion specializes in providing leveraged ETFs for traders to magnify short term perspectives, utilize bull and bear funds for both sides of the trade, and trade through rapidly changing markets. Below, we’ll dive deeper into how active traders utilized leveraged EFTs during recent major market events. Active Traders And Leveraged Funds During the 2020 COVID Bear Market If you had to mark the exact moment in history where the current retail investment boom started, it’d likely be here. There were plenty of market dislocations and swings to capitalize on, and retail traders did so via leverage. Turnover in leveraged ETFs more than quadrupled during the depths of the COVID selloff, and retail traders flipped between bull and bear positions in long and short* funds, moving increasingly into inverse ETFs as stock prices dropped. Those traders turned bullish at the trough of the selloff, a day when the S&P jumped 9.4%, and traders’ appetites for higher prices were cemented after the benchmark crept within 7% of a record high that July. You’d think traders would feel emboldened in their positions as prices moved. Turns out the opposite was true. Active retail traders moved out of 3X leveraged funds into lower-leveraged products as the selloff progressed. Active Traders And Lev...
Jon Jackson was scheduled to fly his last flight on Saturday when Spirit ceased operations – Southwest staff stepped in A Spirit Airlines pilot was given an emotional send-off into retirement by another airline after what was supposed to be his final flight was canceled amid Spirit’s sudden collapse on Saturday. Jon Jackson had been scheduled to fly his final flight into Baltimore-Washington inter...
Jon Jackson was scheduled to fly his last flight on Saturday when Spirit ceased operations – Southwest staff stepped in A Spirit Airlines pilot was given an emotional send-off into retirement by another airline after what was supposed to be his final flight was canceled amid Spirit’s sudden collapse on Saturday. Jon Jackson had been scheduled to fly his final flight into Baltimore-Washington international airport on Saturday when the low-cost airline ceased operations after running out of cash and rescue talks with the Trump administration failed. Continue reading...
fengdr Here's a list of key deals reported across sectors this week: Esperion Therapeutics ( ESPR ) shares jumped about 57% in premarket trading on Friday after the drugmaker agreed to be acquired by healthcare investment firm ARCHIMED in a deal valued at up to $1.1 billion. Nebius ( NBIS ) said on Friday that it has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence company Eigen AI in a deal worth approx...
fengdr Here's a list of key deals reported across sectors this week: Esperion Therapeutics ( ESPR ) shares jumped about 57% in premarket trading on Friday after the drugmaker agreed to be acquired by healthcare investment firm ARCHIMED in a deal valued at up to $1.1 billion. Nebius ( NBIS ) said on Friday that it has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence company Eigen AI in a deal worth approximately $643M. Palo Alto Networks ( PANW ) on Thursday said it plans to acquire Portkey to expand its capabilities in securing autonomous AI agents. KalVista Pharmaceuticals ( KALV ) added ~39% in the premarket on Wednesday after the Italian pharmaceutical company Chiesi Group agreed to acquire the U.S. rare disease drug developer in an all-cash deal worth nearly $1.9B. Shell ( SHEL ) said Monday it agreed to acquire Canadian energy company ARC Resources ( AETUF ) in a deal valued at US$16.4B, including debt, in a deal that combines ARC's 1.5M-plus net acres and Shell's 440K acres in the Montney shale basin in British Columbia and Alberta . Eli Lilly ( LLY ) has agreed to acquire biopharmaceutical company Ajax Therapeutics for up to $2.3B in cash, inclusive of an upfront payment and subsequent payments upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory milestones. Vertiv ( VRT ) has acquired Strategic Thermal Labs (STL), a specialist in advanced liquid-cooling technologies. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Sunday said it agreed to acquire Organon & Co. ( OGN ) in an all-cash transaction valuing the company at an enterprise value of $11.75 billion, marking one of the largest healthcare deals of the year. More on Esperion Therapeutics, Nebius Group, etc. Nebius Earnings Preview: Why Nebius Spent $643M On Eigen And What It Means Eli Lilly: Buying Opportunity Knocking On The Front Door Again (Rating Upgrade) Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Earnings Scoreboard: 82% of S&P 500 reporting firms top EPS estimates as 78% of firms post Y/Y earni...
Quantum computing isn't a faraway technology that has no implications for modern computing practices. Everyone knows it's coming, and there are several applications where quantum computing technology is being deployed right now. I think there are a handful of quantum stocks that are incredible buys right now, and investors should consider adding to them in May. On my short list, I've got IonQ (NYS...
Quantum computing isn't a faraway technology that has no implications for modern computing practices. Everyone knows it's coming, and there are several applications where quantum computing technology is being deployed right now. I think there are a handful of quantum stocks that are incredible buys right now, and investors should consider adding to them in May. On my short list, I've got IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) , D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) , and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) (yes, Nvidia), and all of them have big upside in the coming months and beyond. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading