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Precious metals stocks are back with a vengeance in 2025
  • 19 hours ago

Precious metals stocks are surging in 2025, with gold miners leading gains. Learn how ETFs and global indices highlight their value in volatile markets.

More gleam for gold in the Global Market Portfolio
  • 19 hours ago

Gold hits record highs as central banks boost reserves and ETF inflows surge, reinforcing its role as a safe-haven and key portfolio diversifier.

ETF podcast ep 7: Portfolio exposure to CLOs
  • 2 days ago

In this episode, Christine Huang, Head of ETF Business, Asia Pacific and Derek Fin, Senior Client Portfolio Manager of Invesco Global Private Credit unpack the rise of CLOs: what’s driving the mark...

Carbon Credits: Playing the Diversification Game
  • 2 days ago

As financial markets respond to the ongoing energy transition, market participants are exploring ways to address the related risks and opportunities. Indices can provide insights to these factors....

Dovish Fed takes the upper hand
  • 2 days ago

Credit conditions stayed supportive overall, though spreads remain vulnerable to any deterioration in macro data. Bond market volatility, as measured by the MOVE Index, remained relatively stable,...

The Decisive | Season 4 Ep.6 - PMI in Focus: Economic Signals in the Middle East and Asia
  • 4 days ago

In this episode of The Decisive Podcast from S&P Global Market Intelligence, host Andrew Harker, alongside economists David Owen and Usamah Bhatti, parses the latest findings from the Purchasing Ma...

Wrapping Up the 2024 SPIVA Institutional Scorecard
  • 5 days ago

For over 20 years, the S&P Indices versus Active (SPIVA®) U.S. Scorecard has assessed how active mutual fund managers perform against their relevant S&P Dow Jones Indices benchmarks across various...

Market Review for August 2025
  • 5 days ago

In August 2025, the Japanese stock market hit record highs, driven by solid earnings, stronger-than-expected GDP data, and expectations of a U.S. rate cut, with the TOPIX and Nikkei 225 indices gai...

Europe: From Early Lead to Inflection
  • 6 days ago

Foreign exchange amplified Europe’s first-half appeal. The euro rallied from cycle lows into the mid-1.1s and then, over the summer, settled into a 1.15–1.18 range [2] while still up materially yea...