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Digital Health & Cybersecurity FDA Prioritizes Safety in Medical Devices The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) updated regulations and guidelines for medical device approval. Among the changes, medical device manufacturers must provide more documentation about cybersecurity measures...

Copper is a workhorse metal in the global economy given its high ductility, conductivity, and corrosion-resistant properties. Today, clean energy initiatives are catalysts that could lead to higher secular demand. Another major demand factor is the possibility of a quicker-than-expected economic...

Climate change represents one of the greatest challenges the world faces. Rising temperatures, increased frequency of extreme weather events, water scarcity, and other adverse consequences have brought environmental concerns to the forefront, sparking over seventy countries to commit to net-zero...

Artificial Intelligence The Bet on ChatGPT Earlier this month, OpenAI launched the ChatGPT and Whisper application programming interfaces (APIs), which are now being integrated into many new company platforms.1 As AI tools become more widely used, companies like Snap and Shopify are following...

The Bitcoin network’s security is derived from a process called Proof-of-Work (PoW) which is powered by advanced hardware and large amounts of electricity. In PoW mining, miners aggregate transactional data over a specific period and attempt to summarize this data into an encrypted output...

Since late 2022, when OpenAI’s ChatGPT exploded onto the scene, the generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform has experienced exponential adoption in a way that is extremely rare for new technologies. ChatGPT was estimated to have reached 100 million users in just two months.1 It...

The low-carbon hydrogen market is growing quickly as government policy support ramps up and production scales to help mitigate climate change. Low-carbon hydrogen, particularly green and blue hydrogen, can be used to decarbonize a range of hard-to-electrify activities, such as heating, refining,...

The most recent Quarterly Uranium Report can be found here, offering insights on nuclear and uranium news, performance of the Global X Uranium ETF, and some industry’s key concepts. Key News of the Quarter US is undertaking multiple steps to invest in nuclear energy domestically and...

The February MLP Monthly Report can be found here offering insights on MLP industry news, the asset class’s performance, yields, valuations, and fundamental drivers. The latest quarterly MLP Insights piece providing analysis into the midstream space can be found here as...

As the first quarter moves along, there appears to be an absence of consensus among investors about the risk of a U.S. recession, the severity of a potential recession, and the end of the bear market. Given the lack of consensus, this month we investigate investment implications of three U.S....

The adoption of renewable energy is accelerating, particularly wind and solar power, as governments and corporations ramp up decarbonization efforts to minimize the impacts of climate change. We forecast global non-hydro renewables electricity capacity could increase threefold from 2023 to 2032.1...

On February 22, 2023, we listed the Nasdaq 100 ESG Covered Call ETF (QYLE) and the S&P 500 ESG Covered Call ETF (XYLE). QYLE and XYLE are the latest additions to Global X’s covered call suite and are designed to offer investors the potential to achieve multiple goals....

In February 2023, Global X Research surveyed 302 individuals in the United States regarding their reservations and expectations concerning generative artificial intelligence (AI). This includes gauging consumer sentiment on its aptitudes, how it will influence specific themes, and the coexistence...

We are pleased to present the January 2023 monthly report for the Global X Adaptive U.S Risk Management ETF (ONOF). ONOF seeks to provide a risk management solution by employing four technical indicators to dictate whether the Fund is participating in the U.S. equity markets or in a...

Consumers may be going offline and back into stores to shop, but when they do, they want to go digital to pay. Smartphone payments and tap to pay options continue to gain acceptance, leading the transition away from cash and card swipes as merchants rapidly install modular point-of-sale (POS)...