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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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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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Markets

Say Goodbye to the Era of Towering S&P 500 Gains, Says Goldman

Goldman Sachs’ equity strategy team forecasts that America’s blue chip S&P 500 index will bring in infinitesimal returns for the next decade.

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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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Advisor Upside

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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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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Advisor Upside

Advisory Firms Say Thanks, But No Thanks to AI

Artificial intelligence may be one of the fastest-growing tools in business, but don’t tell that to the compliance department.

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Advisor Upside

BlackRock Hits Record AUM as Wall Street Banks Report Solid Earnings

CEO Larry Fink attributed the healthy performance to growth in private markets, retail active fixed income, and the company’s ETF business.

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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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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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