Expect more broker consolidation following Nexa-UMortgage merger, Casa says

Meta Platforms (META -0.39%) CEO Mark Zuckerberg made some bold claims on the company’s second-quarter earnings conference call, but they weren’t enough to appease investors after the company reported lackluster earnings results. The company’s earnings came up short of Wall Street consensus estimates, and its revenue guidance for the current quarter also fell short of consensus….

The Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE +1.93%) offers a broad, market-cap-weighted approach to the energy sector, while the State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP +3.41%) provides equal-weighted exposure to upstream producers. Energy investors often choose between broad sector coverage and targeted industry plays. Both funds focus on the oil and…

Strategy’s (NASDAQ:MSTR) Michael Saylor asserts Bitcoin can progress independently as the U.S. Senate postpones a vote on the CLARITY Act. Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy Inc., the publicly traded company formerly known as MicroStrategy and the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, has drawn a clear distinction between the cryptocurrency’s trajectory and pending US legislation….

Founded by a third-generation trial attorney turned coach, and author, the platform helps law firm owners diagnose what is actually breaking down and fix it before burnout does it for them. ORLANDO, Fla., July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — James Gray Robinson, Esq., has spent a half-century inside the legal profession, first as a third-generation trial…

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Bond yields climbed Thursday morning, erasing most of the pullback they saw the previous day after the Treasury Department announced an intervention aimed at easing pressure on longer-dated government debt. The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond — the primary focus…