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  These tech funds belong in your portfolio. The growth in technology stocks continues as companies across many sectors use more data and store it in the cloud, generating higher profit margins and returns for investors. The tech sector is the most sensitive sector to gross domestic product growth, gaining 7.1% on average for every 1% GDP growth in the past 10 years, says Jodie Gunzberg, managing director, chief institutional investment strategist at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Another distinguishing characteristic of the tech industry is that it generates a relatively high percentage of revenues from overseas at nearly 60%, she says. Here are seven tech exchange-traded funds to add to your portfolio. Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (ticker: XLK) The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund is a broadly diversified large-cap ETF that tracks the Technology Select Sector Index. The top three holdings are Apple (AAPL), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Nvidia (NVDA). "With ...

INVESTING IN STOCKS HAS  become increasingly more accessible with the emergence of fintech simplifying the process by allowing beginners to open an account through a website or mobile app. Owning a stock represents your stake in a company as a common shareholder. Common stocks allow shareholders to vote on company issues, with most companies granting one vote per share. Several companies also offer stockholders dividend payouts. These payouts typically change based on the company's profitability. Investors with equity exposure in their portfolio allow for the potential of asset appreciation. When your stocks increase in value, you capture market gains. Beginning investors should note there are two ways to secure profits from stock investing: dividend payments and selling shares when their market value goes up. How to Invest In Stocks Using Robo Advisors Investing in stocks can be done in many ways. To take the do-it-yourself approach and manage your own investments, ...

  LONDON (Reuters) - The world's development finance institutions (DFIs) are exposed to potential nature-related losses across more than a quarter of their investments and should carry out regular stress tests to better understand the risks, a report said on Friday. Of the $11.2 trillion invested by the world's 450 DFIs at the end of 2019, $3.1 trillion was financing projects highly dependent on vulnerable ecosystems, the report by the Finance for Biodiversity Initiative said. F4B is a think-tank backed by the MAVA Foundation, a philanthropic body focused on conserving biodiversity. The projects in which the DFIs invested were collectively responsible for risking around $1.1 trillion in damage to the natural world every year, despite many of the groups having a mandate to finance sustainable development, it added. DFIs, often owned by governments, are responsible for helping finance infrastructure, agriculture and other projects across the world, many of which are in resource-i...

  Globalization is something that all of us hear a lot of these days. We continuously hear about how the world is becoming more and more interconnected and the positive/negative effects of that. The actions that you take in your local part of the world no longer just stop there – those actions are related to other things that are happening on the other s ide of the world. And this is even more true when it comes to  small businesse s . These small and local companies that used to be confined to one geographic area now have a larger role to play in the  global economy , thanks to globalization. This has provided many challenges to small business owners as to how they can continue to grow and thrive in such a competitive marketplace. Keep reading down below to learn some more about how exactly globalization impacts small businesses around the world. 1. Access to The Global Market One of the biggest impacts that globalization has had on small businesses is the fac...