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Dismal Jobs Numbers May Not Mean What You Think

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Morgan Stanley analysts think the US economy has been in a “rolling recession” since 2022 — and it may already be almost over.

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Finance

Halt and Catch Fire: IPO Market Accelerates After Sleepy Summer

Investor appetite for StubHub and Klarna is especially compelling at a time when consumer sentiment starting to slump.

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Advisor Upside

Index Investors May Be Losing Millions of Dollars Each Year. Here’s Why

Rules-based investments are appealing, but even index-fund investing comes with limitations.

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Markets

Everyone’s Joining Big Tech’s Market Rally

Through August, Wall Street began rotating into small cap companies and sectors outside the bounds of the AI trade.

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Industrials

Gold Miner Newmont Mints Some of S&P 500’s Best Returns

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Shares in Colorado-headquartered Newmont, the world’s largest gold miner, have risen 96% in 2025, the third-best performance on the S&P 500.

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Real Estate

Homebuilders Offer Best Incentives Since COVID

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A full 37% of homebuilders have slashed prices this month, down ever so slightly from a record 38% in July.

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Advisor Upside

Can Buffered ETFs Reshape Portfolio Management?

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Defined-outcome funds took in more than $8 billion during the first half of 2025.

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Economics

Bottom Line Undercuts Hot Quarter for Top-Line US GDP

Economists anticipated a 2.5% rate, so the better-than-expected top line figure was obviously cause for celebration, right?

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Finance

Can the S&P 500 Sustain a #HotStockSummer?

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 closed down 0.3%, snapping a remarkable streak of six straight closing highs through Monday.

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International Economics

Trump’s ‘Biggest Deal Ever’ With EU Prompts Yawn From Wall Street

The deal sets 15% baseline tariffs on EU goods and commits the bloc to buy billions of dollars worth of US energy and defense products.

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