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In Casinos, the House Always Wins. What About Prediction Markets?

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Can Kalshi and Polymarket become the massive, all-purpose financial vehicles envisioned by backers or will they be disrupted by regulators?

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Advisor Upside

What Do Advisors Think of a White House-Aligned Fed Chair?

Wealth managers have reservations on whether the next chair will remain independent of political influence.

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Indicators

Will Fed’s Latest Rate Cut Be Powell’s Last?

The latest reading of policymakers’ preferred inflation gauge is still coming in well above officials’ 2% target at 2.8%.

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Advisor Upside

How Advisors Are Weighing the Risks of an AI Bubble

While some advisors are sounding the alarm, others are making sense of the market rally.

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Economics

Can the Fed Get Missing Economic Data in Time for Rate-Cut Decision?

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While a stop-gap funding deal is in place, the government still has some work to do to fill in its backlog of missing economic data.

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Economics

Banking on a Fed Rate Cut Today, Investors Look for Hints of What’s Next

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In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that nine of the Fed’s 19 policymakers favored no more than one additional rate cut this year.

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Markets

Gold’s Shining Moment: From Portfolio Fuddy-Duddy to Must-Have

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The gold standard hasn’t made a comeback, but the precious metal’s price is breaking records as confidence in the US dollar fades.

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