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ETF Launches Are Outpacing Closures. Can the Momentum Last?

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Roughly the same number of ETFs closed in the first half of 2024 and 2025, even as new product launches pick up speed.

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Artificial Intelligence

ChatGPT to Help PitchBook Subscribers Delve into Startups’ Financial Data

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As startups choose to stay private even as their valuations reach eye-popping levels, investors want a peek behind the private-market curtain.

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Finance

Visa, Mastercard Swipe Right on Fee Settlement. Will a Court Sign Off?

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In 2024, the swipe fees generated $83 billion in payments from merchants to card issuers, according to trade publication Nilson Report.

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Finance

Retiring Warren Buffett Pledges to Keep Betting on Berkshire Hathaway

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At the end of the year, the legendary investor will hand the top job at the holdings giant he’s led for six decades to Greg Abel.

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Advisor Upside

Behind Schwab’s $660M Deal for Private Asset Marketplace Forge

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Investors have bought and sold more than $17 billion in private company shares using the platform.

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Advisor Upside

Most Americans Aren’t Confident about Retirement

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Women, near-retirees and younger retirees reported the largest drops in confidence, highlighting a growing need for highly personalized planning and education.

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Advisor Upside

Billionaires Cover All the Bases with Sports Investments

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10-figure families now hold sports investments in higher regard than other luxury assets, like fine art and classic cars.

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Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s Siri, Google’s Gemini and a $1B Hookup?

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Blockchain

Rough Week Erases Most of Crypto’s 2025 Gains

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While digital assets are feeling the chill heading into fall, it’s too early to say it’s the start of a full-blown crypto winter.

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International Economics

China Reopening to US Soybean Imports

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China stopped buying US soybeans altogether in May, two months after suspending the import licenses of US-based CHS Inc.

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ETF Upside

State Street Renames Dozens of ETFs Ahead of 401(k) Play

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The company, which is planning to add mutual fund share classes to some of its ETFs, recently rebranded and put the State Street name on many ETFs while taking SPDR off of some.

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ETF Upside

Millennial Investors Plan to Beat the Market with ETFs

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More than half of millennial ETF investors told Schwab that they can and will outperform boring old index funds.

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ETF Upside

Tidal Files for Beyond Earth ETF Focused on Space Exploration

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While far from the biggest ETFs on the market, spaced-themed funds are skyrocketing in 2025.

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Economics

US Tariffs Chew a Hole in Retailers’ (and Shoppers’) Christmas Stockings

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The US has basically imposed tariffs on Christmas this year: Trees, ornaments and even gifts. Now, both shoppers and sellers feel Grinchy.

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Advisor Upside

Gen X Clients Need Help Saving for Retirement. What’s The Cure?

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How to help the ‘Whatever’ generation boost savings and live comfortably in their golden years.

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ETF Upside

It’s Part of the Game: Matt Tuttle on Closing ETFs and Looking to the Stars

ETF Upside sat down with Tuttle to discuss his approach to ETFs and what has him so interested in alien technology.

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Healthcare

CEO Says AstraZeneca Can ‘Absorb’ Costs of Trump-Driven US Deals

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AstraZeneca is the biggest drugmaker in Britain and its £193 billion ($253 billion) market capitalization tops the London Stock Exchange.

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla Votes to Make Elon Musk the $1 Trillion Man

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For Musk to secure the full bag, Tesla must reach 20 million delivered EVs and a market cap of $8.5 trillion, up from $1.54 trillion today.

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Industries

FAA Cuts Flights Amid Government-Shutdown Pressure

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The FAA said the flight cuts are pre-emptive to prevent safety issues as potentially more air traffic controllers call out.

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CIO Upside

Microsoft Wants to Strengthen Clinical AI

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Microsoft wants to patent a system that thinks, acts and checks its results while handling patient data and working within hospital systems.

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Advisor Upside

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

‘Bucket List’ Vacations Give Way to Budget-Friendlier Trips amid Sky-High Fuel Prices

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Most 401(k) Holders Don’t Seek Help from Plan Advisors (But They Want It)

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How TIPS Bridges Can Maximize Social Security Benefits

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