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Semiconductors

Wall Street GOAT: Nvidia Rides Deal Bonanza to $5 Trillion Market Cap

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The White House hinted early Wednesday morning that Nvidia may regain greater access to the massive Chinese market.

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Advisor Upside

Is Active Management Primed for a Comeback?

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Consumer

UPS Eliminates 48,000 Jobs While Working Toward $3.5 Billion Cost-Cutting Target

Tariffs and the end of the de minimis exemption have been a one-two punch eroding UPS’ core business in 2025.

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Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft, OpenAI (Finally) Finalize Terms of Not-Quite Divorce

After long deliberations, OpenAI is finally transforming from a non-profit entity into a for-profit company — with Microsoft still involved.

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ETF Upside

Latest 351 Exchange Trick? A $150,000 Minimum

Investors who want in on Alpha Architect’s next 351 exchange ETF no longer need at least $1 million — as long as their account is at Charles Schwab.

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Hedge Funds

Nelson Peltz Says $7B Take-Private Bid Would Let Janus Henderson ‘De-Risk’

Trian and General Catalyst said they want to free Janus Henderson “from the constraints of operating as a public company.”

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ETF Upside

T. Rowe Price Wades Into the Crypto Arena

The legacy mutual fund provider has filed for a crypto index fund, bringing TradFi and DeFi one step closer together.

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Advisor Upside

Is the 2.8% Social Security COLA Increase Enough? Depends on Who You Ask

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That works out to an additional $56 per retirement payment, bringing the average monthly benefit to more than $2,000.

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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 Wants to Improve AI-Powered Code Generation

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Microsoft wants to patent a system to improve how an LLM writes code in response to requests. One step is learning to recognize good code.

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Hedge Funds

Hedge Fund Assets Reach Record $5 Trillion With Most Inflows Since 2007

The last time this many people piled into hedge funds, the only great recession anyone might have been aware of was Larry David’s hairline.

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ETF Upside

Goldman’s New Fund Designed for PE Returns, Sans the PE

The Goldman Sachs MSCI World Private Equity Return Tracker ETF does its best to replicate PE performance with publicly traded stocks.

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Finance

The ‘Everything App’: How Robinhood Grew From Trading Platform to Financial Ecosystem

Still in the “early innings of its growth story,” Robinhood has morphed from an app with crowdsourced stock advice to a financial ecosystem.

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