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Florida-based insurer American Integrity Insurance Group files for a $100 million IPO
American Integrity Insurance Group, a Florida-based provider of personal residential property insurance, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.
Through its ...

Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares (TNA)
Speaking of aggressive, today's list wraps up with TNA, a very aggressive but potentially very profitable ETF.
TNA is a leveraged fund. This ETF owns derivative securities that leverage performance on the upside but, unfortunately, will do the same on ...

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value Index Fund ETF Shares (VTWV)
The previous ETF on this list was for small-cap growth investors. The next is for those who want a pronounced value component in their Russell 2000-focused fund.
Value stocks are publicly traded companies that, according to Wall Street, are ...

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (IWO)
The first two funds on today's list mirrored the full Russell 2000 Index. The next two will highlight growth and value variations of that benchmark.
IWO tracks the Russell 2000 Growth Index. That index is, of course, a subset of the larger benchmark. The ...

Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares (VTWO)
Vanguard is known for high-quality, low-cost index funds. Investors looking to save a little on fees and expenses should consider VTWO. This fund's expense ratio sits at 0.07%.
Vanguard employs a passively managed full-replication strategy in the ...

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)
It's appropriate that this list kicks off with the largest Russell 2000 ETF: IWM. This fund has net assets around $60 billion and can trade 30 million shares or more a day. That kind of volume guarantees liquidity and efficient pricing.
IWM is a low-cost fund with ...

The Russell 2000 Index is Wall Street's premier small-cap equity benchmark. It was designed to track the performance of the roughly 2,000 stocks in the broader Russell 3000 Index with market capitalizations that range from about $300 million to about $2 billion. Interestingly, while the Russell ...

ProShares Ultra Gold (UGL)
Aggressive gold investors who understand the unique risks of leveraged ETFs should take a look at UGL.
This $480 million gold ETF doesn't actually own any gold. The fund invests in sophisticated gold derivatives and specialized contracts called swap agreements, which ...

Franklin Responsibly Sourced Gold ETF (FGDL)
International gold mining has an unfortunate history. Many years ago, during the colonial era, European nations mined large amounts of gold from undeveloped countries in Africa and Latin America, often exploiting local labor. Even in more recent times ...

VanEck Merk Gold Trust (OUNZ)
OUNZ is a physical gold ETF with a unique feature that makes it one of the most versatile gold investments you can own.
In addition to providing an equity interest in actual gold, this $1.5 billion fund offers investors the option of exchanging some or all of their ...