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Top Performing Funds — Morningstar Rankings

Top Stock ETFs

Best-performing equity ETFs, ranked

Top Bond Funds

Gold-rated bond funds across categories

Top Index Funds & ETFs

Gold-rated low-cost index funds, by category

Currency & Forex Rates

Live exchange rates across major currency pairs — also see our Currency Converter tool

Top Sector ETFs

Best-performing funds by sector (tech, energy, healthcare, financials)

Top Dividend Funds

Gold-rated dividend-focused equity funds

Top International & Emerging-Market Funds

Gold-rated foreign equity funds, by region

Today's Benchmark Interest Rates

Mortgage Rates (30 & 15-Year Fixed)

Freddie Mac's official weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey

Auto Loan Finance Rates

Federal Reserve G.19 Consumer Credit release — new & used vehicle loan rates

Federal Funds Rate

Current target range set by the FOMC — the base rate behind most consumer lending

Personal & Home Equity Loan Rates

Bankrate's daily consumer lending rate survey

Investment angle (updated Aug 17, 2026): The S&P 500 has blown past every projection made at the start of the year — trading at 7,771 points as of mid-August, up 3.12% in August alone, adding roughly $2.1 trillion in market cap and pushing total index value to a record $70.5 trillion. That's dramatically above the "consensus 6,500 by year-end" target banks were circulating back in January. The rally is heavily concentrated: it's an AI- and mega-cap-driven move, with the Nasdaq and Dow both buoyant alongside it — Wall Street is genuinely in risk-on mode. The June CPI reading rose 3.5% year-over-year, a deceleration from prior months, giving the Fed more room to justify continued rate-friendly conditions without immediate inflation alarm.

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