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Real Estate

Is the Housing Bubble Finally Losing Pressure?

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A new report by Redfin showed that US home sellers now outnumber by buyers by nearly half a million, the biggest gap on record since 2013.

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Consumer

Luxury Brands Sweat Consumer Discounting After Price Hikes

Brands that cater to the uber wealthy saw a dip in sales for the first quarter of 2025, continuing a slowdown that started last year.

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ETF Upside

BlackRock’s ‘Widow Maker’ ETF Is Suddenly in High Demand

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) took in $1.3 billion in inflows this past week.

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Consumer

E.l.f. Soars After $1 Billion Pow(d)er Move to buy Hailey Bieber’s Rhode

At less than three years old and with just ten products, Rhode is a rocket ship with $212 million in net sales last year.

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Economics

Shrinking GDP Shows Tariffs’ Impact as Courts Scrutinize Their Legality

Keeping track of the Trump’s on-and-off tariff strategy was hard enough — and now the judicial system is having their turn at the switch.

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Healthcare

Omada Health Preps to Go Public as IPO Market Revives

While virtual care boomed during the pandemic, the sector more recently had an up-and-down couple of years as the world returned to normalcy.

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Advisor Upside

Want a Crypto 401(k)? The DOL Isn’t Standing in the Way Anymore

The regulator nixed Biden-era guidance that discouraged 401(k) plans from including crypto and other digital assets.

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CIO Upside

Building a Strategy to ‘Coexist’ with AI

Saket Srivastava, CIO of Asana. Photo via Asana.

“How does AI coexist and partner with humans?” says Saket Srivastava, CIO of Asana.

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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

Advisor Upside

Why Thrivent Wants to Hire Nearly 600 Advisors this Year

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The move would increase its advisor workforce by 2%, outpacing the industry average growth rate of 0.3%.

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