You can find original article here WealthManagement. Subscribe to our free daily WealthManagement newsletters. Actively managed mutual funds and ETFs failed to beat their passive counterparts in 2025, according to the semi-annual Active/Passive Barometer from Morningstar. The findings confirm earlier Morningstar research showing that actively managed funds rarely remain in the top quartile of performance in their categories beyond a year. Only 38% of actively managed mutual funds and ETFs beat their ass ...

A fund that invests in the debt of middle-market companies has abandoned plans to ever let investors withdraw their money. - AFP via Getty Images A $1.6 billion fund at the center of concerns over private debt is now abandoning plans to let investors withdraw their money — sending shares of its investment manager, Blue Owl Capital, tumbling. Blue Owl Capital Corp. II, which invests in middle-market corporate debt and is halting redemptions, intends to make quarterly returns of capital distributions, the ...

Diversified miner BHP Group Ltd. (NYSE:BHP) has signed a $4.3-billion silver streaming agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (NYSE:WPM) covering its share of output from the Antamina mine in Peru. Based on the upfront consideration, this is the most valuable precious-metals streaming transaction to date. “We are pleased to partner with Wheaton – a global leader in precious metals streaming. BHP’s investment in Antamina has delivered value to investors through strong copper production performance, ...

Voltage, a leading Bitcoin infrastructure provider based in Texas, has just launched a financial product that could bridge the gap between traditional banking and crypto payments. The company introduced a USD-settled revolving credit line designed specifically for the Lightning Network, changing the game for enterprises that want speed without volatility. This announcement follows a massive milestone for the network: a successful $1 million transaction between Secure Digital Markets (SDM) and Kraken earl ...

Quick Read ChatGPT forecasts XRP at $2.50 to $3.50 by late 2026, implying up to 155% upside from current levels near $1.45. Ripple’s $2.4 billion acquisition spree in 2025 includes Hidden Road, GTreasury, and Rail, building institutional infrastructure that didn’t exist a year ago. XRP trades 1.8x more volatile than Bitcoin but has regulatory clarity Bitcoin lacks after SEC case closed. A recent study identified one single habit that doubled Americans’ retirement savings and moved retirement from d ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) stock skipped 2% higher through 1:20 p.m. ET Thursday after Reuters reported that Germany's air force is looking to order as many as three dozen new F-35 stealth fighter jets from the U.S. defense contractor. Image source: Getty Images. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Germany sours on Europe(an fighter jets) Reuters broke this news last nigh ...

Lee Jackson: I think there could be. Wall Street is usually a day late and a dollar short. There has already been a big rotation out of tech. The Magnificent Seven basically led the stock market for three years in a row, and there were double-digit gains on the S&P and the Nasdaq three years straight. It has been stellar. Technology always has driven the stock market since the early 1990s, even though the names that lead it change.Doug McIntyre: If you read the notes, everyone knew what they were going to s ...

Lee Jackson: AI funding. It is all about AI and data center funding and things of that nature. The thing that is kind of scary about this, and you will remember this because you were around a generation ago on Wall Street while I was, is that the last company to do a 100-year bond was Motorola (NYSE: MSI) in 1997. That was just as the dot-com boom was starting to explode higher, which was obviously a harbinger of not good things to come. I thought that was interesting because I knew there were only one or t ...

Investors seeking to gauge the health of the economy and the extent of elevated risk appetite would do well to monitor mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. Fortunately, the outlook is encouraging. With declining interest rates in the U.S. and other parts of the world, global consolidation activity surged 40% last year, and the number of $10 billion-plus transactions hit a record 60. Supported by the artificial intelligence (AI) build-out, expectations of declining interest rates in the U.S., strong corp ...

Palantir (PLTR) stock, which was once viewed as one of the market’s most unstoppable AI plays, has pulled back sharply. Shares are down about 25% year-to-date (YTD) and now trade about 35% below their 52-week high despite the company’s solid performance. The recent weakness in PLTR stock is due to two primary concerns. First, valuation. For much of the past two years, Palantir commanded a premium valuation. Its extremely high valuation compared to peers weighed on investors’ sentiment. More News from Ba ...