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Investors are betting on peace — but they’re not looking at the whole picture.
The big picture: Fidelity Investments is expanding its list of ETFs subject to a $100 purchase fee, growing from roughly 27 funds to more than 120. The updated list takes effect June 1, 2026, and targets ETF issuers that do not pay Fidelity a direct, asset-based fee to support platform availability. Why it matters: The fee structure has drawn accusations of a “pay to play” model. If an ETF issuer doesn’t have an agreement with Fidelity, the $100 service charge gets passed directly to the investor on each purchase. That forces smaller fund managers into a choice: pay Fidelity or…
What’s happening: Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and 29 Democratic colleagues introduced the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act, a bill that would repeal the Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC) — the federal school choice tax credit signed into law last summer as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Why it matters: The EFTC is the first federal law that could expand school choice to families in all 50 states. It provides a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 for individual donations to scholarship granting organizations (SGOs), set to take effect in 2027. Twenty-nine states have already opted…
The rise of sports-betting apps and prediction markets has turbocharged teen gambling on games — and parents often have no idea.
Pope Leo, newly forceful global voice, arrives in Angola on Africa tour
We could rescue Social Security and Medicare and balance the federal budget by scrapping the entire federal tax code and replacing it with three simple flat taxes.
Venezuela’s Machado says Spanish PM’s leftist summit reason for not meeting him
Roth conversions are permanent. Once done, they cannot be undone.
Trump says he has ’good news’ on Iran as tankers cross Strait of Hormuz
The gold-platinum ratio suggests the stock market is living on borrowed time.