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Why ‘Throwing Darts’ in Private Markets Isn’t Enough

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The opportunities to invest are expanding, but due diligence is key.

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Advisor

Grayscale’s Zach Pandl Urges Advisors to ‘Just Get Started’ with Crypto, Highlights AI-Blockchain Frontier

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Big Tech

Meta Wins Wall Street Votes of Confidence With Cl-AI-rvoyant Glasses

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Meta will likely soon face competition from Amazon, Alphabet, Snap and other tech firms with augmented-reality glasses in development.

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Personal Finance

Amex Puts a Platinum Price Tag on Signature Luxury Card

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American Express justifies the hike with more than $3,500 in benefits, including credits that go towards dining, flights, and entertainment.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Gives Intel a $5 Billion Helping Hand

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Unfortunately for Intel, the deal does not provide a direct lifeline to its floundering chipmaking foundry business.

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Technology

Quantinuum Trims the Timeline for Quantum Computing

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Quantum computers are expected to solve previously unsolvable problems (or ones that would take ages) across industries.

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Healthcare

Eli Lilly Upstages Novo Nordisk in Obesity Pill Face-Off

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Both companies have been desperate to innovate beyond their current injectable GLP-1 weight-loss drugs for a while now.

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Markets

Small-Cap Russell 2000 Shakes Off Four-Year Funk on Rate Cut

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The hope for the S&P 500’s small-cap cousin after the Fed’s rate cut tells an important story about the broader economy.

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Advisor Upside

What Does the Fed’s Rate Cut Mean for Clients?

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Many advisors say the move isn’t enough to significantly change strategies.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors and Clients Just Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on the Economy

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The gap reflects a growing divergence in experiences and strategies.

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Advisor Upside

How Next-Gen Advisors Are Breaking Into the Industry

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Early career advisors discuss what they need to succeed and how their generation thinks about finances.

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Real Estate

A Rate Cut May Be The Push The Housing Market Needs

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An interest rate cut would mean a lot of things: one undoubtedly good one would be a housing market more welcoming to buyers.

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Big Tech

Alphabet Rides The AI Wave Over The $3 Trillion Mark

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Alphabet is the newest member of the $3 trillion club, and it’s counting on rolling AI ambitions to take it higher.

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Investments

Buffett’s Berkshire’s Short Term Interest Rate Path Differs From Megarich Peers

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s investment strategy faces a cash conundrum with interest rates poised for a cut.

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ETF Upside

BlackRock Is Reportedly Boarding the Tokenized ETF Train

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The New York-based firm is planning to launch some of the first tokenized ETFs, according to a report.

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ETF Upside

Vanguard Adds Long-Overdue Junk Bond ETF at Tricky Time

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The company filled a hole in its fixed-income ETF line — but the timing may not be ideal, given relatively low yields in junk bonds relative to Treasurys, one observer said.

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ETF Upside

New ETF Shop Snags Former Janus Henderson Exec

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Reckoner Capital Management, which added its Leveraged AAA CLO ETF in July, has aspirations of building out a global credit business.

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Markets

Trump Says Wall Street Should Ditch Quarterly Earnings: What Would That Mean?

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President Trump wants to end mandated quarterly financial reports for publicly traded companies. Odds are his dream comes true.

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Big Tech

Apple May Still Be a Hitmaker After All

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Apple’s latest generation of iPhones were debuted with modest aplomb last week. Presales show the company has plenty to be confident about.

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Economics

What To Expect After The Fed Cuts Rates

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The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates this week, but whether the era of “higher-for-longer” rates is over is another matter.

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What’s the Difference Between 351 Exchanges and Exchange Funds?

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Oil Spikes as US Sanctions Russian Producers to Undermine Putin’s War Machine

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Stampeding Bull Market Will Keep Bears at Bay for Another Year, Investors Predict

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