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Indicators

Dismal Jobs Numbers May Not Mean What You Think

Morgan Stanley analysts think the US economy has been in a “rolling recession” since 2022 — and it may already be almost over.

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ETF Upside

Nasdaq Seeks SEC Approval for Tokenized Trading

The exchange could start offering tokenization of securities, including exchange-traded products and stocks, next year.

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Technology

Pubmatic Seeks Payback For Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly

Pubmatic’s lawsuit comes after a US Judge ruled in April that Google was maintaining an illegal monopoly in the ad tech industry.

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Big Tech

New iPhone Air Is Ready for its Flex, but Apple Stock’s Already Swole

iPhone sales surged to $44.5 billion in the quarter ending in June, besting analysts’ $40 billion expectations and rising 14% year-over-year.

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Advisor Upside

How to Win the Coveted Ultra-High-Net-Worth Client

RIAs need to cultivate a higher level of trust and personalization to attract the wealthiest clients.

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Economics

Stalling Jobs Growth May Be Just What the Market Needs

The latest jobs report appeared to confirm that America’s labour market is slowing, which may clinch the rate cut markets are salivating over.

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Advisor Upside

Goldman, T. Rowe Team Up for Public-Private Offerings

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Investing $1 billion in T. Rowe may be more efficient for Goldman than building out its own channel.

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Advisor Upside

Next-Gen Advisors Want Clear Path to Promotion: DeVoe

Failing to properly guide the next generation could lead to many practices losing their competitive edge.

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Industries

McDonald’s Chief Blasts Minimum Wage Loophole for Tipped Workers

McDonald’s is battling its own industry over fast food workers’ pay, which it believes should be better, and tips, which it opposes.

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Big Tech

Alibaba Executes a Big Tech Pivot

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, having successfully diversified into cloud computing, is now making a push into artificial intelligence.

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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

Microsoft Targets AI’s Bias Problem in Recent Patent

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Bias is one of the fundamental issues that AI developers face as they build and deploy models.

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ETF Upside

New Spot Crypto Products? Regulators Say Bring It On

The SEC and CFTC recently issued a rare joint statement encouraging applications for new spot crypto products.

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International Economics

‘Not Optimistic’: Washington Hits Tariff Impasse with Switzerland

Small, mountainous Switzerland — a country that ranks 61st in the world by total area — is one of the world’s biggest investors in the US.

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ETF Upside

Media Companies Are Cracking the Streaming Code. Should Investors Care?

Disney is the comeback kid of Wall Street, and other streaming giants are following suit.

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