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Arbitrage funds have emerged as the best-performing hybrid mutual fund category in 2026 so far, according to category performance data.The category has generated a 3.35% year-to-date (YTD) return, making it the best-performing segment among hybrid mutual funds in 2026 so far. It has narrowly outpaced Income Plus Arbitrage Funds, which have returned 3.28%, while the remaining hybrid categories have lagged considerably.Conservative Hybrid Funds have gained 1.55%, and returns from Multi Asset Allocation and Equity Savings Funds have remained below 1.5%. Meanwhile, Aggressive Hybrid Funds and Dynamic Asset Allocation Funds have slipped into negative territory this year.What are arbitrage funds?Arbitrage funds…

Author: Raoul Pal, Founder of Real VisionCompiled by: Chopper, Foresight NewsScroll through your feed right now, and you’ll find market sentiment overwhelmingly pessimistic. The cycle is over, the crypto industry is dead, the four-year bull-bear cycle has been declared invalid, and everyone who told you to buy was wrong. When price action deviates from public expectations and moves beyond their understanding, pessimism spreads. History keeps repeating itself.I’ve witnessed this cycle countless times and know exactly how the story ends. Having been in the crypto industry for thirteen years, I’ve made almost every mistake possible. Before I explain my rationale for…

For many, balancing a demanding political career with postgraduate studies would seem an impossible task. Yet for Ogun State politician and Federal Commissioner representing the state at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Akeem Akintayo Amosun, the pursuit of academic excellence has become another defining chapter in his public life. At the 15th Postgraduate Convocation of Babcock University held on July 21, Amosun was announced as the overall best graduating Master’s student in the Department of Economics, graduating with the highest cumulative grade point average (CGPA) in his class. The achievement drew attention not only because of the academic…

BIP-360, the proposal to give bitcoin quantum-resistant addresses, specifies three algorithms NIST has already standardized, and includes several deliberately so users have fallbacks if one is later broken by quantum or classical advances. What changed is the speed of the classical side. BIP-361, the companion proposal that would freeze more than a third of bitcoin’s supply, argues that the migration window is closing because cryptographic attacks are improving by up to 20-fold. Anthropic’s results align with that trend, with a model behind it.Against HAWK’s smallest parameter set, Anthropic said the expected cost of recovering a key fell from about 2^64…

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(Kitco Commentary) – Gold futures posted a moderate gain on Wednesday, with the most active August contract advancing $36.70, or 0.91%, to settle at $4,065.50—a result that belied an exceptionally turbulent session shaped by geopolitical developments in the Middle East and the Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision.Overnight trading briefly pulled gold below the psychologically significant $4,000 level as a fresh escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict weighed on risk sentiment. An Iranian missile strike targeting a U.S. military installation was unsuccessful, with American air defenses intercepting all inbound ballistic missiles. The attack effectively ended a 14-day ceasefire that had contributed to…

Optimism has turned to confidence. And Asset Managers and Private Equity leaders are increasingly bullish about the prospects for their company and the wider industry. Nearly a quarter expect outsized earnings over the next three years. Expect deployments to skyrocket and disposals to follow as valuation gaps narrow and managers start to focus on executing strategic M&A.Value creation will continue to be high on the Asset Management agenda, driven by investments into digitalization and AI. Sector CEOs are clear on how AI will create competitive advantages for their funds, their organizations and their portfolio companies. The vast majority are confident…

Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo’s Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. Announced in a progress report for last year’s Mid-Term Business Plan, the company notes its reason for doing so, the hope that: “through the use of automation technology, aim to improve the efficiency of QA operations and establish a competitive advantage in game development.” This collaboration between Square Enix and the Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory comes in the form of a research team with more than ten members, filled with both researchers from the…

Former premier Ted Baillieu and wife Robyn have put their house at 8 Calvin St, Hawthorn, on the market. Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu and wife Robyn have relisted their historic Hawthorn mansion for $8m-$8.6m, a sum seven figures lower than their previous price expectations. In August 2025, the couple put the circa-1890s house on the market with a $9m-$9.9m range before later withdrawing it. Mr Baillieu served in the state’s top political job from 2010 to 2013, after previously stepping into the Liberal Party’s leadership in opposition from 2006. RELATED: Frankston: Ex-Prime Minister Lord Stanley Bruce’s heritage-listed mansion listed…

KEY POINTSInclusion into the Nasdaq 100 forced passive index funds to automatically SpaceX shares regardless of price.Hedge funds anticipated index rebalancing and positioned ahead of mandatory buying by passive index funds to monetize a predictable surge in demand.Because index-rebalancing opportunities occur within narrow trading windows, large hedge funds used prime-broker leverage to build outsized positions and maximize returns from predictable market flows.Hedge funds reaped billions in profits by taking positions following SpaceX’s IPO ahead of forced buying from passive index funds, turning index-rebalancing into one of Wall Street’s biggest trades of the year.Following SpaceX’s IPO, major index providers introduced rule…