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Industrials

America’s Anduril Among Potential Winners of NATO Breakthrough

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NATO chief Mark Rutte said last week that the new defense 5% of GDP spending target amounts to a “quantum leap.”

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ETF Upside

Calamos Launches First Autocallable ETF

The fund enters into swap agreements with J.P. Morgan and tracks an index from MerQube.

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Energy

Low Battery: ‘Heat Dome’ Exposes Cracks in America’s Decaying Power Grid

Rising temperatures and massive new data centers are providing a massive stress test for the US power grid.

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ETF Upside

ETF Investors Lured to AI, Crypto, Fintech

People are also more informed than ever about their ETF investments, per a Nasdaq report.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Increasingly in Scramble Mode Over Fee Pressure

Advisors are getting creative with more services and non-traditional fee models.

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Blockchain

Kraken Launches Crypto’s Attempt at a Venmo-Killer

Anyone who’s had to split a check with new hostel friends knows rivals Venmo and Zelle only support payments between US users.

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Semiconductors

After Reclaiming ‘World’s Most Valuable Company’ Crown, Nvidia Gilds the Tiara

In the past month, Nvidia shares have surged 18.8%, more than the rest of the Magnificent Seven, including Microsoft.

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CIO Upside

Kognitos Works to Remove the AI ‘Language Barrier’

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“Humans must be steering AI, even if it becomes superhuman.”

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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

Amazon Patent May Stabilize Quantum Computers

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The stability of qubits has long posed a barrier to scaling quantum computers.

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Advisor Upside

Succession Planning Vacuum Risks Alienating RIA Clients, Next-Gen Leaders

Just 6% of advisors nearing retirement have a fully documented succession plan, raising the risk that their businesses will lose clients and struggle to find leaders.

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Energy

Shell Dismisses BP Takeover Talks as Mere ‘Speculation’

A megamerger of this sort would vault Shell’s market cap closer to ExxonMobil’s $468 billion and likely beyond Chevron’s $248 billion.

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Advisor Upside

Family Offices Explore Private Credit as Private Equity Returns Stall

Economic uncertainty and rising geopolitical tensions have family offices becoming more selective with their allocations, per BlackRock.

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