Analysis

Industrials

Manufacturing Discontent: Can Tariffs Spur Domestic Reindustrialization?

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As a share of US GDP, the manufacturing sector has decreased from a nearly 25% peak in the 1950s to about 11% today.

7 min read

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Analysis

Boy, Oh Boycott: Can Canada’s ‘Buy Canadian’ Movement Actually Dent the US?

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Finance

Fund Shops Are Pouncing on Vanguard’s ETF-Mutual Fund Structure

There are 53 fund shops asking permission from the SEC to tack on classes of mutual fund or ETF shares using a multi-share class structure.

5 min read
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Semiconductors

Can Anyone Crack ASML’s Grip on the Lithography Market?

ASML is crucial to the most important commercial and strategic tech products on the market, from Apple iPhones to Nvidia’s AI accelerators.

5 min read

Media & Entertainment

Hollywood Outgrew Los Angeles. Now It’s Outgrowing America.

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As US-based streaming platforms chase audiences around the world, they’re increasingly committing to international productions.

6 min read

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Artificial Intelligence

Whatever Happened to All Those AI Copyright Lawsuits?

Last Tuesday, content conglomerate Thomson Reuters notched a big legal win against AI firm ROSS. Is it a sign of what’s to come?

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Economics

‘The Great Detachment’ is the Defining Workplace Trend of the New Year

Remember “quiet quitting?” The pandemic-era buzzword may have faded but the quiet quitters haven’t exactly quit quiet quitting.

5 min read
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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Consumer

Is the Restaurant Industry at the End of an Era?

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Across-the-board inflation — including food costs, labor costs, and real estate costs — is pummeling restaurants. Can the industry survive?

6 min read

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Advisor Upside

Breaking Away Is Harder Than Ever. Advisors Say It’s Still Worth It

With more break away advisors going independent than ever, the landscape is becoming trickier to navigate.

4 min read
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Personal Finance

The Great Wealth Transfer Might be a Big Mirage

In the coming decades, the Silent Generation and aging Baby Boomers are projected to hand down trillions in wealth. So who will benefit?

4 min read
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Analysis

Wall Street Does DeFi

New digital-asset funds from BlackRock and WisdomTree are bypassing traditional systems and issuing assets directly on the blockchain.

3 min read

Media & Entertainment

Did Streaming Kill the Music Industry?

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Music streaming services that offer more or less all the recorded music in history. So how is the industry supposed to grow?

4 min read

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Technology

A Cyberattack Rattled US Car Dealerships. Which Industry is Next?

A single point of software failure can turn entire industries into teetering Jenga towers. Next time could be a lot worse.

5 min read
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Markets

Weathering the Storm: A Q&A with Vanguard on Market Volatility

The last four years have been head-spinning. Dan Newhall, Vanguard’s head of portfolio solutions, talked us through the volatility.

5 min read
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International Economics

The Rise of India’s Reckless Retail Investors

Regulators worry that undisciplined and inexperienced investors are taking on way too much risk in the country’s overheated stock markets.

6 min read

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