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Economics

Imports Drive Unexpected Contraction in US Economy

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The biggest factor behind the slip in first-quarter GDP was Trump’s will-he-or-won’t-he, start-and-stop trade war.

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Markets

Stock Buybacks are the Ultimate Gift for Companies in Record Year

This month marks the end of what Goldman Sachs estimates will be a record year for stock buybacks, with a volume of roughly $930 billion.

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Big Tech Fizzles in Early 2025: Jeremy Siegel

The famed Wharton School economist points to sky high valuations and a possible sector rotation.

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Fidelity Hires New Head of 1,700-member Family Office Network

Fidelity has hired an industry veteran to lead one of the world’s largest professional networks of family offices.

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Solid Wall Street Earnings Come with a Tariff Asterisk

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The latest earnings may not reflect recent market volatility ushered in by the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs.

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Markets

BlackRock Strikes Deal With Banks to Provide Closely Held Bond Price Data

Real-time prices for corporate bonds are hard to come by. A handful of banks want to bring the closely guarded data into the 21st century.

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Geopolitics

Saudi Arabia Pulls Back as Trump Reemerges on World Stage

Saudi Arabia’s Mammoth Public Investment Fund Turns Inward Just As One of the Country’s Top Allies Reclaims the White House.

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Advisor Upside

Citi Targets Active ETFs in Europe

Through its white label platform, the bank hopes to be a dominant force in Europe’s growing active ETF market.

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Banking

Goldman Rides Market Chaos to Equities Trading Gold Mine

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Goldman Sachs’ $4.6 billion profit shows you can navigate tough times, as long as you have the brightest minds in finance at your disposal.

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Markets

Trading Windfall Pushes Wall Street to Surprisingly Strong Quarter

How’d the financial giants — namely, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Bank of America — make out this quarter? Surprisingly well, it turns out.

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Big Brokers Beat Estimates in Strong Start to Earnings Season

JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, among other banks and asset managers, beat analysts’ expectations in the third quarter.

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Finance

How Will Wall Street’s AI Experiment End?

Like money, artificial intelligence never sleeps. Financial institutions have pulled out all the stops to fit AI into their own operations.

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International Economics

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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