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Banking

Bank Earnings Deluge Offers a Consumer Stress Test

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Loan loss provisions — the allowance banks set aside to cover bad debt — is a key data point to watch regarding consumer health.

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Real Estate

Institutional Investors Want You To Know They’re Good For The Housing Market

An industry group contends that landlord-owned single-family homes help open doors to attractive neighborhoods.

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ETF Upside

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Votes with Its Feet on Proxy Advisors

The company will use AI to provide portfolio advisors with data from annual meetings to help inform their proxy votes.

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Indicators

Will ‘Choppy’ Hiring, Low Firing Prompt More Job Hugging?

Come January 28, the Federal Reserve has to decide what the state of the labor market means for monetary policy.

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Artificial Intelligence

The $5 Trillion Question: Can Humanoid Robots Handle Jobs as Well as People?

Sure, these robots walk like humans and some talk like humans. But can they really perform in the workplace like humans?

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Markets

Why Lower Interest Rates May Not Deliver the Affordability Washington Wants

In recent days the spread between the 10-year and two-year yields has been hovering near the highest levels since April.

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ETF Upside

International Equity ETF Flows More than Doubled 2024 Totals

Funds tracking foreign equity markets set new records in 2025, taking in $217 billion in assets.

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Advisor Upside

Think Equity Investing Can’t Be Risk Free? Think Again

It’s not impossible to get much of the upside of stocks without the downside. (Of course, there’s a caveat.)

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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

International Economics

US Trade Deficit Shrinks to Lowest Since 2009

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Imports fell 3.2% from the previous month to $331.4 billion in October, and exports rose 2.6% to $302 billion.

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