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Why Invesco Wants QQQ to Become an Open-End Fund

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The asset manager has asked the SEC to make QQQ an open-end fund, which would benefit Invesco and its shareholders.

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ETF Upside

Bitcoin with Bubblewrap: Calamos Preps Laddered ETFs

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The company’s latest spin on protected Bitcoin investing includes Calamos ETFs that diversify their exposure to a range of Bitcoin funds.

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ETF Upside

Best International Equity ETFs of 2025

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With European markets consistently outperforming their US counterparts, investors are eyeing funds tracking foreign companies.

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Policy & Power

EUnomics in the Age of Trump: Defense and Crypto Edition

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Berlin-based economist Jan Philipp Fritsche explains how the new NATO defense spending pledge and US crypto legislation could impact the EU.

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Advisor Upside

Playing the Benchmarking Game With Allan Roth

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Benchmarking portfolios is part science and part judgment, which makes it susceptible to bias. Fortunately, there are ways to limit that.

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Media & Entertainment

Gaming Platform Roblox Adds Age-Verification to Safeguard Kids

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The new guardrails may help the platform stay one step ahead of a growing crop of age verification laws cropping up across the country.

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Consumer

White House Push for Cane-Sugar Coke Reignites Soda Wars

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As investors prepped for Coke’s cane-sugar future, corn syrup producers Archer-Daniels-Midland and Ingredion both saw their shares fizzle.

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Autos

Uber Paying $300M Fare in Robotaxi Deal

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A pact announced Thursday calls for Uber to invest $300 million in Lucid and buy at least 20,000 robotaxis from the company over six years.

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CIO Upside

States Take the Lead in Regulating American AI Development

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Laws from all US states will set the tone for AI innovation moving forward.

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CIO Upside

mRNA Research by IBM, Moderna Shows Quantum’s Present-Day Uses

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“We’re pushing the boundaries of the size of the problems we can look at with quantum.”

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CIO Upside

Okta Patent Disrupts AI-Fueled Phishing Attacks

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Phishing attempts are getting smarter in the age of AI.

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Banking

Goldman’s ‘Midas Touch’ During Turbulent Quarter Delivers Record Trading Results

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Goldman’s top line metrics — profit up 22% to $3.7 billion and total revenues up 15% to $14.6 billion — also bested analysts’ expectations.

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Energy

Westinghouse Lays Groundwork to Build 10 New Nuclear Reactors

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Westinghouse has changed hands a bit since completing its last nuclear reactors, both at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia.

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Blockchain

Ethereum Treasuries Boom as Companies Look Beyond Bitcoin

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In the past 30 days, Ethereum treasury companies scooped up more than 545,000 ether worth at least $1.6 billion, CoinTelegraph reported.

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Advisor Upside

Vanguard Made a Single Acquisition. Now, It’s Getting Sued

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The complaint alleges Vanguard acted in bad faith by thwarting certain business deals post-acquisition.

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Advisor Upside

Defense ETFs Surge Amid Wartime Buildups

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ETFs targeting the sector are riding high this year due to sustained conflicts in Europe and the Middle East.

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Advisor Upside

Referrals Are Still King, Even In the Era of AI

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Growth across the RIA industry remains robust, but AI helps top performers stand apart from the crowd, according to a new Schwab report.

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Blockchain

Crypto Heads Toward Housing Market in Latest Mainstreaming Move

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The new rules could let homebuyers keep their crypto and use it to qualify for loans though mainstream banks.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia Cashes in on Looser Export Controls

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Nvidia says the only way for the US to stay ahead of China in the Great AI Race is to keep selling AI-powering chips to China.

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Finance

Markets Give a ‘Meh’ To Upbeat Wall Street Earnings

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The consensus takeaway from the earnings season so far is that the economy is, in spite of everything, doing pretty good.

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Advisor Upside

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

Vanguard Gets the VOO Proxy Vote Out

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Google Wants to Fix a Lot About Video

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How Next-Gen Cybersecurity Workers Are Adapting to the Age of AI

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