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Banking

Luxury Card Cage Match Heats Up With Rising Perks, Prices

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Credit card issuers are enticing big spenders with luxurious perks and prestige brands, funded in part by fees that are higher than ever.

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Advisor Upside

Advisors Look for Midas Touch as Gold Prices Soar

Wealth managers will need to be ready for client questions about gold, particularly from those worried about geopolitical risk.

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Markets

Limbo for Longer: Don’t Expect More Fed Rate Cuts Before Mid-2026

2026 presents a catch-22 for the Fed. It normally cuts rates to buoy hiring, which tightened last year, but that could drive up inflation.

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Banking

Huntington Bank’s 21% Growth Shows Main Street’s up for Borrowing

Huntington Bancshares reported that its average commercial loans grew 12% from the prior quarter and 21% from a year ago in Q4.

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Advisor Upside

JPMorgan Topples Dimensional for Active ETF Crown

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The firm now manages just $2 billion more than Dimensional in active ETF assets.

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Banking

Bank Earnings Deluge Offers a Consumer Stress Test

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Loan loss provisions — the allowance banks set aside to cover bad debt — is a key data point to watch regarding consumer health.

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ETF

Bubble Worries Fail to Break Wall Street’s Gold Dust Fever

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Forecasters predict gold’s rally will stretch through December 2026, although one analysis says there’s reason for caution.

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