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Morgan Stanley, American Funds Earn Top Rankings From Financial Advisors

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Fees and returns are important to advisors, but so are branding and customer service.

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Advisor Upside

Retirement Contributions Hit All-Time High, Fidelity Says

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Fidelity’s Q1 2025 report found that Americans are putting income into their 401(k)s at record rates.

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CIO Upside

JPMorgan Chase Patent Tackles Synthetic Data Bias

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“Biases can significantly impact the equity of machine learning models and their decisions.”

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CIO Upside

Which Industries Need AI Skills the Most?

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Finding a jack of all trades is difficult in AI.

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CIO Upside

Amazon Ups Its AI Infrastructure Ante

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The cloud giant is continuing to build out its massive cloud footprint.

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Consumer

Consumer Goods Giants Slim Down to Spur Growth

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Scale for scale’s sake appears to have become passé, with conglomerates jockeying for market share with a more focused brand identity.

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Banking

Wall Street’s Elite Get Serious About Debt Alarmism

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sounded off last week about higher deficit spending in the US.

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Personal Finance

Ripped Job Market Swipes Left on New Grads

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For the first time in decades, recent college grads have a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the economy.

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ETF Upside

Asset Managers Aren’t Playing the Dual Share Class Waiting Game

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One firm is converting a $12 billion mutual fund to an ETF, and it isn’t alone in doing so before the SEC approves dual share classes.

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ETF Upside

Trump’s Truth Social Files for Bitcoin ETF

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The ETF, named after Truth Social, will be managed by Trump’s new fintech, Truth.fi.

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ETF Upside

Proxy Warfare

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Proxy advisors are accused of being cartels, but shareholder advocates say they side with corporations in nearly all voting recommendations.

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Healthcare

Why Healthcare Gets Hit Hardest With Cyberattacks

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Cyber-criminals often see healthcare firms’ shoddy protection as a “pot of gold.”

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Advisor Upside

Does Gold Still Make Sense After Hitting All-Time Highs?

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Despite a pullback in May, the speed of the rally took even longtime gold watchers by surprise.

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Media & Entertainment

NBA Finals Kick Off With an Old (Footwear) Friend

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An increasing share of NBA endorsement deals has been spread among shoe firms fighting for a piece of Nike’s market share.

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Blockchain

Circle Spirals Upward in $1 Billion IPO

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This is Circle’s second attempt at going public, after its reverse SPAC in 2022 sputtered under regulatory scrutiny.

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International Economics

Tariffs Deliver Record Drop in US Trade Deficit

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Does the deficit crunch mean the US has won the first big battle of the trade war? Well, that’s a complicated question

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CIO Upside

Google Patent Helps You Fix Your Prompts

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Making the most of large language models requires some guidance.

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CIO Upside

Why It’s So Hard to Modernize Your Outdated ERP

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Fractured ERP systems are “going to get fewer returns on your investment.”

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CIO Upside

AI’s Potential Marketing Payoffs Come With Outsized Brand Risks

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“It’s more than simple streamlining. It’s about outsourcing brand decisions.”

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Industrials

Countries Fight Over Periodic Table as China Hoards Rare Earths

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As China tightens its grip on rare earths exports, one of its most crucial bargaining chips, the global supply chain is showing cracks.

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Advisor Upside

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

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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