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Wells Fargo’s Hot on Energy, Financials. Not so Much on Consumers

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Millennial Women Are Investing More Money Earlier, Says Schwab

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Follow the Flows: Why Some Legacy Mutual Fund Firms Are Finally Exploring ETFs

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Finance

BlackRock’s Virtual Investment Analyst ‘Asimov’ Ushers in AI Era on Wall Street

BlackRock rolled out an AI research platform called Asimov, escalating the intelligence and analysis arms race on Wall Street.

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Technology

Can Blue Origin Fill NASA’s SpaceX Void?

NASA is looking to decrease its dependency on key contractor SpaceX, but Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is going nowhere at exactly the wrong time.

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Cryptocurrency

Act of GENIUS or Blockheaded Bill? Congress Considers Stablecoins

The Senate is set to vote this week on a bill that would introduce the first-ever regulatory framework for stablecoins.

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CIO Upside

Hallucinations Create Complications When AI Goes to Court

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CIOs need to talk to their legal teams about AI “clarity, boundaries, and accountability,” one expert said.

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ETF Upside

Who Benefits Most from Dual-Share Class ETFs?

Mutual fund shareholders and retirement savers stand to benefit more than others from dual share class approval.

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Autos

Can Elon Musk’s Pajama Party Brighten Up Tesla’s Tomorrow?

Elon Musk is again sleeping at Tesla’s offices again, but that may not be enough to restart the top US EV-maker’s engine.

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ETF Upside

Single-Stock ETF Market Swells With Firehose of New Products

Dozens of single-stock ETFs using leverage have recently been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Artificial Intelligence

Gecko’s AI Robots Represent the ‘Boring’ Future of Bots

More than 70% of the $2.3 billion raised by robotics companies in Q1 2025 was directed towards task-centric tech like Gecko’s.

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ETF Upside

Invesco Hires Crypto Product Leader from JPMorgan

The firm, which offers six digital assets ETFs, announced a new global product leadership team earlier this year.

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Banking

Europe Delays Stricter Banking Rules to Keep ‘Level Playing Field’ With US Rivals

The new rules are part of the Basel III reforms that were introduced in 2017 and designed in response to the 2008 financial crisis.

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Inflation & Prices

Just How Much Data Does the Fed Need to Cut Rates?

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Despite new data this week showing inflation has cooled, Powell and the Federal Reserve are still expected to hold off on rate cuts.

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ETF Upside

Vanguard Files for ETF Share Class Approval

The company on Wednesday joined the ranks of fund managers that have filed for exemptive relief to offer ETF share classes of mutual funds.

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Consumer

Starbucks’ China Business May Need a Caffeine Jolt

In an interview with the Financial Times, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the company is exploring a partial sale of its China business.

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Media & Entertainment

Switch 2 Becomes Nintendo’s Fastest-Selling Console

The Switch 2 sold 3.5 million units in its first four days, and Nintendo’s targeting 15 million units for this fiscal year.

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CIO Upside

Empowering CIOs to drive innovation.

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Struggling to Navigate Thorny AI Contracts? Question Everything
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Oracle Patent Keeps Large Language Models From Spilling Secrets
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Does Agentic AI Have Staying Power?
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Ransomware Groups Use AI to Level Up

CIO Upside

Nvidia Safety Patent Signals Physical AI Push

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The goal of Nvidia’s tech is to help give autonomous systems more reliable memory, hazard detection and depth perception.

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