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How Advisors Are Tapping New ETF Strategies in 2026

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If this year proved that ETFs can house almost any asset class, next year will be about putting them to good use.

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Personal Finance

Lagging 401(k) Balances Give Gen Xers Retirement FOMO

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The group born from roughly 1965 to 1980, Gen Xers are the test subjects in America’s experiment of replacing pensions with 401(k) plans.

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Private Equity

Exit Strategizing: Private Equity Carries Record Backlog of Companies into 2026

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Despite a recent pickup in dealmaking, the industry is sitting on a backlog of at least 31,000 companies valued at $3.7 trillion.

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Consumer

Consumer Spending Surge Sets Stage for Year-End Market Rally

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Commerce Department data released this week showed US GDP rose 4.3% in the third quarter, with the American consumer to thank for it.

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Will Wall Street Stomach Oracle’s Costly AI Transformation?

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ETF Issuers Are Running Their Own SpaceX Race Ahead of Blockbuster IPO

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Why Stocks Keep Shrugging Off Wars, and One Robert Kaplan Says They Can’t

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