Beauty & the Beholder

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Beauty & the Beholder

This is a painting by the Spanish painter Sergi Cadenas. It ages from the angle you look at it. pic.twitter.com/i362k9yb3Q
— DaVinci (@BiancoDavinci) April 9, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI Teams with Novo Nordisk to Speed Prescription Drug Development

The move comes as OpenAI watches rival Anthropic make big enterprise splashes with its Claude Code and Mythos AI tools.

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Banking

Citigroup Surges as Fraser’s Overhaul Yields 42% Profit Growth

CEO Jane Fraser, who took over in 2021, has won plaudits for executing a multi-year reordering of the bank’s sprawling global structure.

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ETF Upside

Diversification Topped Plain Vanilla Last Year. That’s an Outlier

A comparison of a well-diversified portfolio versus the basic 60/40 strategy shows that plain vanilla won most of the time over 20 years, according to Morningstar.

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Advisor Upside

An Effective, Unpopular Way to Help Fix Social Security: $100K Cap

Limiting a couple’s benefit to $100,000 would plug up to a fifth of the solvency gap without affecting many current retirees.

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Advisor Upside

Ground Control to Major Tom: What Can Space Funds Do for Portfolios?

With so much enthusiasm for assets linked to the ever-expanding cosmos, it may be time for advisors to reach for the stars.

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Consumer

McDonald’s Spices Up Soft Drink Menus with Dirty Sodas, Specialty Bevs

McDonald’s plans to keep prices in its new beverages’ prices lower than competitors like Starbucks and Dutch Bros.

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