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Women Advisors Now Make Up 24% of Workforce. There’s a Long Way to Go

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Art Might Be Beautiful, but Where Does it Fit in Portfolios?

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How Advisors Can Keep More Clients When Changing Firms

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ETF Upside

Crypto ETFs Get Major Relief From SEC

Bitcoin, Ether and other crypto ETFs are no longer limited to cash transactions — they can use in-kind creation and redemption.

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Industrials

Boeing Touts Turnaround Year as Embattled Aerospace Giant Cuts Costs

The company, mired in too many scandals and setbacks to print, lost nearly $12 billion when all was said and done in 2024.

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Healthcare

UnitedHealth Provides Painful 2025 Prognosis Amid Spiraling Treatment Costs

Staffing shortages, rising prescription drug use, and costly new therapies have driven inflation in the medical sector.

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Finance

Can the S&P 500 Sustain a #HotStockSummer?

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On Tuesday, the S&P 500 closed down 0.3%, snapping a remarkable streak of six straight closing highs through Monday.

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Electric Vehicles

Can Tesla and Samsung Find Salvation in Each Other?

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For Samsung, it’s a chance to finally carve out some foundry industry market share from rival chipmaker TSMC.

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Consumer

Is Nike Pulling Off Its Comeback Plan?

In its fiscal year 2025 earnings call, the company said it projects new tariffs will saddle it with $1 billion in additional costs this year.

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International Economics

Trump’s ‘Biggest Deal Ever’ With EU Prompts Yawn From Wall Street

The deal sets 15% baseline tariffs on EU goods and commits the bloc to buy billions of dollars worth of US energy and defense products.

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Policy & Power

Defense Earnings Highlight Peril, Payoff of Contracting

A slew of quarterly reports last week showed, even with analysts flashing buy recommendations, the defense sector is a sensitive one.

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CIO Upside

Empowering CIOs to drive innovation.

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Google Patent Straightens Out AI Training Data
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White House Deregulation of AI Creates Fresh Pitfalls for Businesses
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Microsoft SharePoint Attacks Show Weaknesses of On-Prem Storage vs. Cloud
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What Businesses Should Consider Before Using Off-the-Shelf AI

Real Estate

US Housing Market Mired in the Mud

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While June typically marks the hottest point of the year for home sales, last month instead saw a decline as prices rose to a record high.

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Electric Vehicles

‘Flying Car’ Industry Taxis Toward Takeoff

A US-based startup, backed by Japan’s Toyota, and a freshly capitalized initiative in China could make flying cars a full reality next year.

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ETF Upside

What Coca-Cola’s New Sugar-Cane Coke Means for a Sugar ETF

The world’s leading beverage company plans to add a cane-sugar version of its namesake beverage in the US.

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Blockchain

Stablecoins Are Here to Stay. Who Stands to Gain From Them?

Companies that have been waiting on the crypto sidelines are likely about to jump in the game following the passage of the GENIUS Act.

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