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Q3’s CFO Alliance Roundtables Flag Confidence Problem

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Advisor Upside

Credentials Essential: Advisors with Extra Letters Get More Referrals

Eighty-two percent of clients say advanced professional certifications would be important if they were looking for a new advisor today.

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Consumer

Delta’s Top Spenders Roll Up to the Plane in a Porsche

Premium ticket revenues rose 18% in the third quarter Delta reported earlier this month, while coach revenue increased 12%.

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Inflation & Prices

As Soaring Energy Prices Boost Inflation, Refiners Have Become Money Machines

A 9.1% jump in gasoline prices from a month earlier accounted for more than half of the 0.6% monthly increase in all prices from August.

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Finance

BlackRock’s Happy Place is at the Crossroads of All Global Capital

In a blockbuster third-quarter earnings report, the asset management giant said it took in net inflows of $205 billion, beating expectations.

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Advisor Upside

It’s Not Easy Being Green in the Era of AI

As more companies adopt AI, screening out businesses with significant environmental footprints could leave investors with fewer places to put their money.

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ETF Upside

Not Everything Needs to Be an ETF, Invesco’s Brian Hartigan says

The issuer, with nearly $1 trillion in ETF assets, recently launched the Invesco Nasdaq International Innovators 100 ETF (QQI) and has plans for more.

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