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Goldman Sachs sees AI fueling the next inflation wave. Here's how ETFs can help position portfolios.

The Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:AVUV) is having the kind of year that small-cap value advocates have been promising since 2021. AVUV is up 23% year to date and 39% over the past 12 months, beating the Russell 2000 by roughly two points and outpacing the passive small-cap value benchmark by a wider ... What AVUV Investors Need to Watch: Rate Cuts and Regional Bank Exposure

Core inflation rate came in at 2.9% year-over-year yesterday. This stopped interest rate hike expectations from being anchored, and the 10-year Treasury closed last week near 4.6%. That backdrop is still supposed to be poison for stocks. Yet the Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:AVUV) is up 20% year to date and 36% over ... Sticky Inflation’s Worst Nightmare: Why Small Value Stocks Are Secretly Printing Money

The Federal Reserve has not been generous with rate cuts lately, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VBR) has the kind of interest rate sensitivity that makes that hurt. Small-cap value names carry more floating-rate debt than the megacaps weighting the S&P 500, so every meeting the Fed delays, VBR holders are paying the carry ... Trump’s Rate Cuts Could Light a Fire Under This Vanguard ETF

Small-cap value spent years playing second fiddle to large-cap growth, especially as everyone piled into just a few tech giants. But the vibe heading into the middle of 2026 is shifting. The Federal Reserve has been active, cutting rates down to the 3.50% to 3.75% range over the last year. Even with the 10-year Treasury ... 3 Small-Cap Value ETFs Poised to Outperform in 2026 as Fed Rate Cuts Accelerate Returns

Inflation fears resurface as oil surges and volatility spikes, pushing investors toward commodity, quality and value ETFs to navigate rising risks.