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Why ‘Throwing Darts’ in Private Markets Isn’t Enough

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What Does the Fed’s Rate Cut Mean for Clients?

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Advisors and Clients Just Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on the Economy

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Media & Entertainment

What’s Next for the Murdoch Empire?

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Lachlan Murdoch’s moves so far are clearly those of someone who came of age during an era of rapidly advancing digitization.

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Technology

Quantinuum Trims the Timeline for Quantum Computing

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Quantum computers are expected to solve previously unsolvable problems (or ones that would take ages) across industries.

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Healthcare

Eli Lilly Upstages Novo Nordisk in Obesity Pill Face-Off

Both companies have been desperate to innovate beyond their current injectable GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for a while now.

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Markets

Small-Cap Russell 2000 Shakes Off Four-Year Funk on Rate Cut

The hope for the S&P 500’s small-cap cousin after the Fed’s rate cut tells an important story about the broader economy.

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Advisor Upside

How Next-Gen Advisors Are Breaking Into the Industry

Early career advisors discuss what they need to succeed and how their generation thinks about finances.

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Real Estate

A Rate Cut May Be The Push The Housing Market Needs

An interest rate cut would mean a lot of things: one undoubtedly good one would be a housing market more welcoming to buyers.

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Big Tech

Alphabet Rides The AI Wave Over The $3 Trillion Mark

Alphabet is the newest member of the $3 trillion club, and it’s counting on rolling AI ambitions to take it higher.

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Investments

Buffett’s Berkshire’s Short Term Interest Rate Path Differs From Megarich Peers

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s investment strategy faces a cash conundrum with interest rates poised for a cut.

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ETF Upside

BlackRock Is Reportedly Boarding the Tokenized ETF Train

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The New York-based firm is planning to launch some of the first tokenized ETFs, according to a report.

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CIO Upside

Empowering CIOs to drive innovation.

Heather Ceylan, CISO of Box. Photo via Box.

In Security, ‘There’s Two Sides to AI,’ Box CISO Says
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How OpenAI’s Partnership With Oracle Could Alter the AI Landscape
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Salesforce Patent Could Recycle AI Model Outputs
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IBM Patent Could Rein In Power-Hungry Data Centers

Economics

What To Expect After The Fed Cuts Rates

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The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates this week, but whether the era of “higher-for-longer” rates is over is another matter.

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