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Market Meltdown Prompts Investors to Ditch ‘Digital Gold’ for the Real Thing

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So far this year, investors have greatly gold compared bitcoin. So if it’s not digital gold, what is bitcoin exactly?

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Expected M&A Wave Waits for Trump Trade Deals

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Tariff-induced uncertainty and related market jitters stalled what was expected to be a rebound year for mergers and acquisitions.

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SEC Inches Closer to Dual-Share-Class Approval

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The agency is telling issuers to base their dual-share-class applications on one from Dimensional Fund Advisors.

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ETF Closures Could Tick Up in Volatile Markets

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ETF behemoths like Vanguard’s VOO or State Street’s SPY ain’t going anywhere, but newer products are more likely under threat of closure.

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Betting on Sin Stock ETFs Is Paying Off Amid Volatility

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Funds that invest in “morally questionable” industries are doing better than others amid market volatility this year.

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Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

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As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

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Bonds Get a Bad Wrap. But They Thrived During Their ‘Great Depression’ of 2022.

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Previous bond declines mean clients can now earn an expected return above inflation.

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Walmart, Uniqlo Join Retailers Touting Ways to Navigate Trade War

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A handful of retail executives hinted this week that they are eyeing some strategic advantages and opportunities amid the trade war.

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Just in Time for Tariffs, Consumer Prices Finally Drop

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That’s right: CPI fell 0.1% in March, according to the US Labor Department, marking the first month-over-month decline since May 2020.

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A Tale of the Tape in the US-China Heavyweight Trade Bout

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The Budget Lab projects that, with the current tariff levels, US and Chinese economies would both be 0.6% smaller in the long run.

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Microsoft Patents Automate Data Clean-up

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AI models are only as good as the data they’re built on.

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Why CIOs Need Full Visibility into ‘Opaque’ Operational Tech

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Your enterprise may be sitting on a wealth of data from your legacy operational technology.

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With New Models Every Day, Enterprise AI Battle is ‘Fair Game’

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“There is no one model that does everything.”

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Short Sellers’ Pessimism Could Be Contagious

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Traders betting against SPY, an exchange traded fund that tracks S&P 500 stocks, racked up more than $6 billion in profits this month.

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Amazon’s Internet Satellite Venture Achieves Liftoff in Challenge to Musk’s Starlink

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While Kuiper won’t generate revenue for a while, Amazon is still using its enormous influence to position itself for some corporate Star Wars.

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Tariff Delay Fails to Soothe Bond Market Turmoil

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When yields rise, it suggests a selloff, and it also means likely higher costs of borrowing for companies as well as the government.

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Are Financial Advisors Expecting a Recession?

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Advisors are calling for an economic slowdown. The million-dollar question is how hard it will hit.

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Who Gets to Call Themselves ‘Advisor?’

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The North American Securities Administrators Association updated a rule that seeks to bar many broker-dealer reps from using the title.

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Becoming a Pro Athlete Is Hard Work. So Is Managing Their Finances.

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An athlete’s income is generally earned quickly, and their careers can end just as fast.

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Levi Strauss is Stitching Together Success Amid the Trade War

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It seems quality never goes out of style for Levi Strauss, even amid a a tariff-induced global financial meltdown.

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Can ‘Terror Management Theory’ Explain Inheritance Spending?

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Meet the BlackRock ETF Taking Aim at Invesco’s QQQ

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Neurocrine Scoops Up Hunger-Drug Maker in Latest Multi-Billion-Dollar Pharma Deal

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