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Is Meta Chasing a Superintelligence Pipe Dream?

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The risks may be greater than the payoff.

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Advisor Upside

Morningstar’s CEO Kunal Kapoor on Private Assets and ‘Extracting Gold’

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Over the past eight years, Kapoor has helped the company expand its workforce to over 10,000 employees and boost its stock price more than threefold.

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Advisor Upside

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

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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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Advisor Upside

Family Offices Explore Private Credit as Private Equity Returns Stall

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

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Social Media

Bumble Swipes Left on a Third of Its Workforce

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Bumble and Match both reported annual declines in revenue and the number of paying daters using their apps in 2025’s first quarter

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Energy

Shell Dismisses BP Takeover Talks as Mere ‘Speculation’

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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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Real Estate

What Does Mamdani’s Primary Win Mean for New York Real Estate?

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To say housing is the defining issue in current New York City politics is likely a massive understatement.

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Economics

Jerome Powell is Finally Getting Specific

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Simply put, Powell says he needs to wait and see June and July price data to know just how impactful and inflationary tariffs have been.

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Healthcare

AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo Treatment Wins First of Its Kind FDA Blessing to Treat Lung Cancer

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Like many other major pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is facing a series of patent cliffs for key treatments in its portfoilio.

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Industries

Carnival Cruises Past Market Expectations in Boon for Shares

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The choppy waters predicted for the cruise industry this year were based on the very real risks of trade wars and real wars.

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ETF Upside

An ETF for the Buy Now, Pay Later Market

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The buy now, pay later business has a stigma that could hold back a proposed ETF focused on the market, one observer noted.

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ETF Upside

The Rise of the Buffer ETF

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Assets under management in defined outcome ETFs are expected to top $650 billion by 2030, according to BlackRock data.

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ETF Upside

RFG’s Bluemonte Jumps Into ETFs

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The RIA’s investment manager recently launched a suite of nine products across a range of asset classes.

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Advisor Upside

Social Security Insolvency Looming Closer Than Expected

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The Social Security trust funds will only be able to pay out 77% of benefits by 2034, a new report from the administration found.

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Advisor Upside

How the CFP Board Is Leading the Charge on AI

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The nonprofit certification body has formed a working group to address the challenges and opportunities of AI for advisors.

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Advisor Upside

How 401(k) Providers Are Filling the Gaps in Financial Advice

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The majority of 401(k) participants are planning for retirement without the help of advisors, according to a new Cerulli report.

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International Economics

Markets Stay Relatively Calm as Fragile Ceasefire Deal Follows Missile Strikes

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While the headlines screamed conflict, maneuvers by the US on Monday signaled to markets that the prevailing mood was one of compromise.

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Blockchain

Fiserv Connecting Thousands of Banks to Crypto with New Stablecoin Platform

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Financial institutions are racing to get into stablecoins as the Genius Act makes its way toward POTUS Trump’s desk.

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Healthcare

Novo Nordisk Backs Away From Hims & Hers Partnership

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Novo and Hims’ April team-up turned the two firms from competitors into collaborators at just the right moment.

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CIO Upside

Increasing Your Enterprise’s ‘Adaptability Quotient’

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Staying flexible and informed can help your enterprise get the most out of AI agents.

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Advisor Upside

Financial advisor news, market insights, and practice management essentials.

Vanguard’s Joe Davis on AI and the ‘Second Half of the Chessboard’

Joseph Davis, Vanguard’s global chief economist and global head of the Investment Strategy Group.

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China’s Revolutionary DeepSeek Turns to American Hardware for Upgrade

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Trump Admin’s MAHA Agenda Brings Politics to the Dinner Table

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