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Banking

Goldman May Feast on Biggest Piece of M&A Pie in Nearly a Quarter Century

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Goldman Sachs’ share price, up 35% so far year-to-date, set a record high closing price of $838.97 last week.

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Advisor Upside

Schwab Requires Customers to Update Login Credentials Shared with Third-Party Platforms

The recordkeeper said third-party fintech platforms used by advisors to access clients’ 401(k)s create security risks.

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Blockchain

Bitcoin Struggles to Bounce Back from Deleveraging Crisis

Bitcoin has so far fallen 20% from its 2025 peak this cycle; in previous bear markets, it fell as much as 30% to 40%.

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Artificial Intelligence

Trillion-Dollar Questions Bubble to the Top for OpenAI

Sam Altman has begun floating the idea that the company could hit $100 billion in revenue by 2027, ahead of previous projections.

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ETF Upside

Investors Now Want Crypto Just as Much as ETFs

More people are planning to buy ETFs, and their biggest demands are exposure to stocks and digital assets, per BlackRock.

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Industrials

US Seeks Rare Earths Outside China’s Control

As the US races to establish its own rare earth supply chains, a handful of companies stand to benefit enormously from government support.

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ETF Upside

New ETFs Are Betting Big on Texas

No state income taxes and pro-business policies have attracted hundreds of companies to the Lone Star State.

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ETF Upside

There’s an ETF for Everything. Is That What Investors Really Want?

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About 900 ETFs launched this year, and dozens of highly leveraged and spot crypto products await approval. Not all of them will catch on.

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Patent Drop

Glimpse into the future of technology.

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Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship
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The Time and Place for AI Code Generators
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Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel
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Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

CIO Upside

Nvidia Wants to Balance Workloads Between GPUs

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The system Nvidia wants to patent would spread out and balancing GPUs’ capacity to help avoid problems as demand ramps up in AI data centers.

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