Analysis

Consumer

Is the Restaurant Industry at the End of an Era?

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Across-the-board inflation — including food costs, labor costs, and real estate costs — is pummeling restaurants. Can the industry survive?

6 min read

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Advisor Upside

Breaking Away Is Harder Than Ever. Advisors Say It’s Still Worth It

With more break away advisors going independent than ever, the landscape is becoming trickier to navigate.

4 min read
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Personal Finance

The Great Wealth Transfer Might be a Big Mirage

In the coming decades, the Silent Generation and aging Baby Boomers are projected to hand down trillions in wealth. So who will benefit?

4 min read
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Analysis

Wall Street Does DeFi

New digital-asset funds from BlackRock and WisdomTree are bypassing traditional systems and issuing assets directly on the blockchain.

3 min read

Media & Entertainment

Did Streaming Kill the Music Industry?

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Music streaming services that offer more or less all the recorded music in history. So how is the industry supposed to grow?

4 min read

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Technology

A Cyberattack Rattled US Car Dealerships. Which Industry is Next?

A single point of software failure can turn entire industries into teetering Jenga towers. Next time could be a lot worse.

5 min read
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Markets

Weathering the Storm: A Q&A with Vanguard on Market Volatility

The last four years have been head-spinning. Dan Newhall, Vanguard’s head of portfolio solutions, talked us through the volatility.

5 min read
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International Economics

The Rise of India’s Reckless Retail Investors

Regulators worry that undisciplined and inexperienced investors are taking on way too much risk in the country’s overheated stock markets.

6 min read

Artificial Intelligence

Can Voice Assistants Make a Comeback in the Age of AI?

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Once upon a time, the biggest prestige battle in Silicon Valley was who had the best voice assistant. Then came ChatGPT.

4 min read

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Big Tech

How Amazon Web Services Became King of the Cloud

Amazon is crushing in the cloud services industry. Usurping it would necessitate a monumental shift in the tech industry writ large.

5 min read
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Markets

Can a Texas Stock Exchange Really Lock Horns with Wall Street?

The Texas Stock Exchange is hoping to become the center of a new financial mecca in the Lone Star state when it launches next year.

4 min read
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Personal Finance

Home Economics: Homeownership is still the American Dream. But Should it Be?

Buying a home is expensive. And so is owning one. In the era of high mortgage rates and soaring expenses, is homeownership still worth it?

4 min read

Autos

RV Having Fun Yet? The Ups and Downs of Camper Economics

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In addition to offering mobile headquarters for families on vacation, recreational vehicle sales are a pretty good indicator of the economy.

5 min read

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Media & Entertainment

Can the Enhanced Games Get the World Hooked on Steroids?

After nearly 3,000 years, the business of the Olympics is ripe for disruption. Could performance enhancing drugs shake up the games?

5 min read
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Industrials

Is Monetization the Final Frontier for the Commercial Space Industry?

As the ISS is decommissioned, several space station projects are in the works, but a business model may be the final frontier.

5 min read
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Finance

How Will Wall Street’s AI Experiment End?

Like money, artificial intelligence never sleeps. Financial institutions have pulled out all the stops to fit AI into their own operations.

5 min read