Finance

Finance

Retiring Warren Buffett Pledges to Keep Betting on Berkshire Hathaway

Photo via Dennis Van Tine/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

At the end of the year, the legendary investor will hand the top job at the holdings giant he’s led for six decades to Greg Abel.

2 min read

Photo by blinow61 via iStock

Finance

Visa, Mastercard Swipe Right on Fee Settlement. Will a Court Sign Off?

In 2024, the swipe fees generated $83 billion in payments from merchants to card issuers, according to trade publication Nilson Report.

2 min read
November 6, 2025, Hong Kong, Hong Kong: A Coinhero bitcoin ATM on November 6, 2025 in Hong Kong. (Credit Image: © Vernon Yuen/Nexpher Images via ZUMA Press Wire) (Newscom TagID: zumaglobalsixteen886335.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

Blockchain

Rough Week Erases Most of Crypto’s 2025 Gains

While digital assets are feeling the chill heading into fall, it’s too early to say it’s the start of a full-blown crypto winter.

2 min read
Photo via Avalon/Newscom

Banking

Investor Summit Gives Bank of America a Chance to Soothe Angsty Investors

Compared its peers, BofA has lagged in expanding into less traditional activities such as wealth management, credit cards and loan growth.

2 min read

Markets

Wall Street Leaders’ Fears of Froth Finally Bubble into Markets

Photo via JOHN ANGELILLO/UPI/Newscom

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick warned of an equities drawdown on Tuesday at a summit in Hong Kong.

2 min read

Hedge Funds

Nelson Peltz Says $7B Take-Private Bid Would Let Janus Henderson ‘De-Risk’

Photo via Kris Tripplaar/Sipa USA/Newscom

Trian and General Catalyst said they want to free Janus Henderson “from the constraints of operating as a public company.”

2 min read

Finance

The ‘Everything App’: How Robinhood Grew From Trading Platform to Financial Ecosystem

Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside, Photos by Ljupco, Comzeal, and CreativaImages via iStock

Still in the “early innings of its growth story,” Robinhood has morphed from an app with crowdsourced stock advice to a financial ecosystem.

5 min read

Sign Up for The Daily Upside to Unlock This Article

Sharp news & analysis on finance, economics, and investing.