The Daily Upside

Will Frontier and Spirit Airlines Finally Seal the Merger Deal?

Photo by Airbus777 via CC BY 2.0

Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines have renewed their yearslong on-again, off-again merger flirtation. Perhaps this time’s the charm.

Loading…
HSBC Announces Dramatic Makeover That Splits Lender East and West

Photo by Joshua Lawrence via Unsplash

HSBC announced a restructuring that will cut costs and, if all goes as planned, ease increasingly tense geopolitical relations.

Loading…
Walmart and Amazon Bet on Medication Delivery

Photo by Mike Mozart via CC BY 2.0

Walmart announced on Tuesday that it’s introducing a new same-day delivery service for prescription medication.

Loading…
Target Fires the Latest Shot in the Retail Value Wars

Photo by Mike Mozart via CC BY 2.0

Target announced it will be slashing the prices of some 2,000 products, including food, beverages, gifts, and other home-holiday essentials.

Loading…

How Morgan Stanley’s AI Helped Close 100K New Clients This Year

Photo by Michael Vi via iStock

The investment bank rolled out a suite of AI tools this year and reported almost $64 billion in net new assets in the third quarter alone.

Loading…
Can Political ETFs Find Common Ground Ahead of November?

Photo by David Knox via Unsplash

Several exchange-traded funds that were created to track political themes, are gaining interest ahead of the presidential election.

Loading…
CFA Final Exam Success Rate Drops to Below 50%

Photo by Mikhail Nilov via Pexels

The pass rate for the notoriously taxing final level of the chartered financial analyst exam fell further below the decade average of 52%.

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

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko via Pexels

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

Loading…

Perplexity Wants Its Next Stage of Growth, Legal Troubles Be Damned

Photo by JHVEPhoto via iStock

Perplexity is looking for a few hundred million more dollars to scale its burgeoning business — oh, and maybe cover some pesky legal fees.

Loading…
Hedge Funds are Shorting ESG, With Some Exceptions

Photo by American Public Power Association via Unsplash

A Bloomberg analysis of roughly 500 hedge funds found that patience for ESG stocks related to the energy transition has run out.

Loading…
Palantir Patent Highlights Need for Zero-Trust Security in AI

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

A patent from Palantir highlights the importance of data security in AI when used in government and defense contexts.

Loading…
Adobe Seeks AI Motion Patent As Generative Video Race Heats Up

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Major tech firms seemingly see generative video as the next frontier of AI.

Loading…

Lyft Patent Puts Self-Driving Cars to the Test

Photo via U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Despite the steep competition and roadblocks, the company has high hopes for expanding its self-driving services.

Loading…
Netflix Has Won the Streaming Wars. So What Comes Next?

Photo by Venti Views via Unsplash

Netflix reported another stellar earnings result, featuring its biggest quarterly profits in company history.

Loading…
IMF Worries State of ‘Not Good Enough’ Will Follow Rate Cuts and a Soft Landing

Photo by Stephan Behnes via iStock

Of 12 major developed-market central banks, eight are in rate-cutting mode, with Australia, Norway, Japan, and Taiwan the odd men out.

Loading…
CVS Names New CEO Amid Uncertain Retail Pharmacy Landscape

Image Credit: iStock, BackyardProductions

The leadership change comes as the retail pharmacy industry faces thin profit margins, store closures, and layoffs.

Loading…
Women’s Sports Evolves from Moment to Movement

Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside, Photos by CCS Pictures and John Mac via CC BY-SA 2.0 and Rob Prange via CC BY 2.0

Women’s sports have been seen as secondary to men’s. While there’s still a lot of catching up to do, the gender gap is shrinking.

Loading…
Study Suggests Weight-Loss Drugs Like Ozempic May Help Alcoholism, Opioid Addiction

Photo by Chemist4U via CC BY-SA 2.0

A new study suggests increasingly popular GLP-1 drugs could help cut opioid and alcohol abuse nearly in half.

Loading…
Blackstone Thinks It’s High Time for a Public Listing Blitz

Photo by Roman Tiraspolsky via iStock

Amid a strong earnings call, Blackstone announced that it is planning to take some of its portfolio companies public.

Loading…
The EU Might Regulate the Muskiverse as One Big Company

Photo by UK Government via CC BY 2.0

Bad news for X: EU lawmakers might start looking at the companies in CEO Elon Musk’s stable as one interconnected web.

Loading…

Advisor Upside

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

Trump Media Delays Registration for Bitcoin ETF

Photo via Hu Yousong / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom

Loading…
Vanguard’s Joe Davis on AI and the ‘Second Half of the Chessboard’

Joseph Davis, Vanguard’s global chief economist and global head of the Investment Strategy Group.

Loading…
China’s Revolutionary DeepSeek Turns to American Hardware for Upgrade

Photo by Solen Feyissa via Unsplash

Loading…