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View MoreLive cattle futures Tuesday fell across the board even as wholesale beef prices climbed sharply, with Choice boxes crossing $400 ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend. The front-month Jun 26 contract settled at $255.150, down $0.675, while the benchmark Aug 26 contract closed at $246.000, off $1.350. Live Cattle…
Three international small-cap ETFs — GWX, PDN, and DLS — are giving investors a practical route into developed-market equities that have traded at some of their lowest valuations relative to U.S. large caps in decades, while also posting competitive returns over the past year. Ticker1-Year ReturnYTD ReturnDividend YieldExpense RatioAUM GWX~25%~12%2.51%0.40%~$898M…
When a homeowner answered the door in a peaceful Scottsdale, Arizona neighborhood early on January 31, she saw two young men in delivery uniforms carrying a package and a dolly. Nothing out of the ordinary. Deliveries arrive on Saturday mornings in the Sweetwater Ranch area, and no one seems to…
Somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, a woman enters a few local currency notes into a slot machine at a phone recharge kiosk and receives airtime. The solar-powered kiosk, which is located on a dusty roadside, is owned by Tether if you follow the ownership chain through a number of subsidiaries and…
You almost instantly notice something when you pull up a chart showing the recent performance of the U.S. stock market. Fifty-five percent of the market’s growth can be attributed to ten companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Broadcom, and six others riding the wave of AI enthusiasm. Not a widespread demonstration.…