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What LPL’s Massive $2.7B Commonwealth Deal Means for Advisors

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The deal will fuel industry consolidation and add roughly 2,900 independent advisors managing some $285 billion in assets to LPL’s ranks.

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Advisor Upside

CFP Board May Ease Rules on Prior Bankruptcy, Alcohol, Drug Charges

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The proposed changes could lighten the load for the organization and make it easier for advisors to move on from previous offenses.

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Advisor Upside

Westwood ETF Says it Pays to Be Democratic

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A new fund from Westwood and TOBAM aims to limit exposure to authoritarian states including China, Russia, and Turkey.

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CIO Upside

Despite Breakthroughs, Quantum Industry is “Split” On Arrival Timeline

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“It’ll be a breakthrough for humanity, much like the advent of the computer itself.”

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Data

JPMorgan Chase, Amazon Seek Patents to Make AI Unlearn Bad Habits

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Security has to come first when deploying AI.

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CIO Upside

How to Keep Your Workforce from Overusing AI

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The first step is figuring out where AI isn’t necessary.

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Media & Entertainment

Fox News Crushing Cable Rivals in Trump 2.0 Era

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The network has averaged 3 million viewers during its primetime programming this year, up roughly 50% from a year ago.

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Technology

CoreWeave’s First Day of Trading Highlights Fizzling AI Enthusiasm

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Markets were left with no gains, no losses and a lot of questions about where the artificial intelligence boom is headed.

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Regulation

Trump Phases Out Paper Checks to Modernize Federal Payments

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All executive departments and agencies have been asked to transition to Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) methods.

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Finance

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

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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.

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Advisor Upside

Why Investors May Get ‘Hot-Blooded’ for Foreign Investments

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It doesn’t pay to be “Cold as Ice” toward international stocks and bonds, according to advisors.

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Autos

General Motors Bears Brunt of New Auto Tariffs

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At home in the US, one of Detroit’s Big Three stood out as vulnerable to a potential trade war: General Motors.

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Technology

Smaller CoreWeave Valuation Signals Slower Start for AI-Focused IPOs

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Hype climbed for AI cloud services provider CoreWeave’s IPO after it signed a $11.9 billion deal with OpenAI earlier this month.

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Consumer

Brazil’s ‘Egg King’ Buys Hillandale Farms

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The $1.1 billion acquisition comes just as egg prices are ever so slightly starting to trend down in the US.

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CIO Upside

Google Patent Keeps Your Data Under Wraps

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Plenty of other tech giants have sought to solve the ever-present AI data security problem.

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CIO Upside

Why Factory Floors Are the Best Place to Start with AI Robots

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“The problem is bounded,” one expert said.

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CIO Upside

With Cloud Infrastructure, How Much is Too Much?

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Massive AI infrastructure investments are a “gamble on the future.”

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Blockchain

Fidelity (and So Many Others) Test Stablecoin Waters

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Stablecoins are the Girl Scout cookies of the financial world, and everyone’s splurging for their own this spring.

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Banking

Wall Street Scored Record Bonuses Just in Time for a Slump

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The good times, they don’t last. But on Wednesday, we at least found out just how good the good times were.

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Energy

Oil Executives Bemoan ‘Uncertainty’ Amid Price Pressures and Tariffs

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US energy executives have a lot on their plate at the moment, with tariffs, sanctions, war, and a “drill, baby, drill” agenda.

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Advisor Upside

Financial advisor news, market insights, and practice management essentials.

Tariff War Transforms US Bond Market From Boring to ‘Yippy’

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Advisors Eye Up Instagram’s Millions of Users

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Lab-Grown Diamonds? Turns Out They’re Not De Beers’ Best Friend

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