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Consumer

Newborn Unicorn Radar Helps Retailers Fight Losses Beyond Shoplifting

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Retailers panicked during the pandemic about shrink, a catchall term for any loss in inventory including theft.

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Real Estate

Homebuyers Venture Back into Market Despite Broader Economic Gloom

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NAR announced that pending home sales rose 1.4% in April from the previous month, and 3.2% year-over-year.

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ETF Upside

New Leveraged ETFs to Target AI, Semiconductor Manufacturing

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Two prominent providers are bringing 2x strategies to the world of software investing.

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Advisor Upside

ChatGPT Can Now Give Advice By Linking to Clients’ Bank Accounts. Can They Trust It?

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OpenAI unveiled a new suite of personal finance tools last week, but how helpful they will be is still up for debate.

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Advisor Upside

Digital Custodian Altruist Takes On Schwab, Fidelity With New RIA Model

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The affiliate model itself is nothing new, but it’s novel for a custodian.

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Industrials

SpaceX Rocket Test Sets Stage for Record IPO

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SpaceX is scheduled to hold a crucial flight test of its Starship rocket prototype, developed as part of NASA’s Artemis program.

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Energy

NextEra Energy Predicts Dominion Takeover Will Reduce Customers’ Power Bills

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The smaller company in the deal, Dominion Energy, powers the world’s data center capital in northern Virginia.

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Consumer

Retail Earnings Likely to Spotlight Inflation’s Bruising Grip on Low-Income Consumers

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The reading on the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey has recently plummeted to near all-time lows.

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Advisor Upside

How to Help Clients After the $124T Great Wealth Transfer

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An advisor’s role doesn’t end after an inheritance.

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ETF Upside

Inflation Is Heating Up. So Are These TIPS Funds

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ETF Upside

DRAM’s Success Leaves Investors Looking for the Next Bottleneck Trade

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Banking

Revolut Develops Private Bank as More Euro Firms Pursue Wealth Management

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European banks are navigating a tricky landscape due in part to strict capital rules that they say make it tough to compete with Wall Street.

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Blockchain

Zcash Surges on Nostalgia for Crypto’s Early Days

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Ten-year-old Zcash is a near carbon-copy of bitcoin, with a supply that’ll never exceed 21 million tokens and a four-year halving cycle.

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Semiconductors

AI Market Braces for Bellwether Nvidia Earnings Report

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The US did approve 10 Chinese firms as buyers for the H200, Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI chip, though no purchases have yet been made.

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ETF Upside

BlackRock, State Street Launch Tokenized Stablecoin Products for Institutional Investors

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BlackRock filed for two tokenized money-market funds, while State Street debuted an onchain cash-management product.

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Advisor Upside

Why Advisors Are Betting on AI Infrastructure Over Apps

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Even legacy tech companies like Intel and Dell Technologies are riding the AI wave with major stock gains this year.

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Artificial Intelligence

In AI Chip Race, Nvidia’s Biggest Customers Become Competitors

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The types of chips that will keep AI’s momentum up are different from those that trained it, creating an opening for rivals to Nvidia.

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Retirement Upside

How State Auto-IRAs Are Changing Retirement Savings

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Total assets in the programs reached more than $3 billion at the end of April.

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Retirement Upside

Is Late News, Bad News? What to Expect from Delayed Social Security Report

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The 2026 Social Security Trustees’ report may show the program becoming insolvent even sooner than expected.

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Healthcare

Natera’s Stronghold in Cancer Recurrence Tests Prompts Wood’s Ark to Expand Stake

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Natera’s flagship product, Signatera is a personalized MRD blood test that detects cancer recurrence by identifying the unique DNA mutations.

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Advisor Upside

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

Retirement Anxiety Is Real, But Confidence Is Growing

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Advisors Without Estate Planning Could Let ‘Money Walk Out the Door’

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Potential Pentagon Investments Propel Drone Manufacturers Skyward

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