Monkey Business. - The Daily Upside

Today’s Upside

JUST FOR FUN

Monkey Business.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by BBC Radio 4 (@bbcradio4)

Recent News

Artificial Intelligence

With Gemini 3, Google Gains Ground on OpenAI

Photo via Antoni Byszewski/Fotonews/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Executives are touting Gemini 3, which comes eight months after the chatbot’s 2.5 model, as a “massive jump” for AI.

2 min read

Photo by City Dweller via CC BY-SA 4.0

ETF Upside

What Dimensional’s Dual-Share-Class Approval Means for Advisors

This week’s SEC decision may be one of the most significant since the ETF Rule in 2019.

2 min read
Photo via Destafanis/Fotogramma/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Artificial Intelligence

Jeff Bezos Shifts from Society Page Back to Business Section with Startup C-Suite Role

Bezos, the third-richest person in the world, will serve as co-chief executive and co-founder alongside physicist and chemist Vik Bajaj.

2 min read
Photo via Kobe Li/Nexpher Images/Sipa USA/Newscom

Banking

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

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

2 min read
Photo via Jimin Kim/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

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.

2 min read
Photo via Stephen Smith/Sipa USA/Newscom

Hedge Funds

‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Shut Down His Fund. So Now What?

The cult hero/curiosity has launched a social media broadside against the AI trade that has fueled this year’s market rally.

2 min read
Photo by Rodion Kutsaiev via Unsplash

Advisor Upside

Tokens Are the Future. But How Soon Will We Get There?

Outside of some high-net-worth clients’ portfolios, tokenized assets are not yet the norm among advisors.

2 min read

ETF Upside

Investors Now Want Crypto Just as Much as ETFs

Photo by Art Rachen via Unsplash

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

2 min read

Photo by Daniel Lloyd Blunk-Fernández via Unsplash

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.

2 min read
Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside, Photos by Nicolae Popescu, Willard via iStock and Francis Chung/UPI/Newscom

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.

5 min read
Photo by Suzanne D. Williams via Unsplash

ETF Upside

Capital Group, Goldman, T. Rowe Hit ETF Milestones

Some of the biggest companies in the ETF business haven’t been in the game for very long but are quickly gathering assets.

2 min read

Patent Drop

Glimpse into the future of technology.

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Google Patent Highlights AI and Quantum’s Symbiotic Relationship
Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

The Time and Place for AI Code Generators
Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Into the Future: The Patent Drop Highlight Reel
Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Amazon Tries to Help Alexa Get Personal

ETF Upside

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

Photo by Getty Images via Unsplash

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

4 min read

Sign Up for The Daily Upside to Unlock This Article

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