How The Adviser Shortage Creates An Opening For Independent RIAs

Assets managed by advisers continued to grow in 2023, hitting a record $31.3 trillion, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates.

Stock market today: Asian shares gain after S&P 500 climbs to a record and Bank of Japan raises rate

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the raised its key lending rate.

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Stock market today: Asian stocks advance ahead of the Fed's rate decision as panic over AI fades

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks advanced Wednesday in thin Lunar New Year trading following a rebound on Wall Street driven by tech stocks as the panic over Chinese AI company DeepSeek faded.

Nvidia faces a reckoning as an upstart rival raises questions about Wall Street's darling

NEW YORK (AP) — The superstar run for Nvidia’s stock the last few years has been astonishing. So was its tumble Monday, which caused $595 billion in wealth to vanish. That’s about as much as PepsiCo, McDonalds, Starbucks and Target are worth, combined.

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Asia shares are mixed after a US tech selloff as a Chinese rival joins the global AI frenzy

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in thin Lunar New Year trading on Tuesday after Wall Street’s tech superstars tumbled as a competitor from China raised doubts over the recent market frenzy.

How China's DeepSeek shook up US markets, by the numbers

News from China Monday and disrupted the frenzy that had built up around artificial intelligence.

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Italian lender Monte dei Paschi launches 13-billion-euro takeover bid for peer Mediobanca

ROME (AP) — Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena announced on Friday it was launching a 13.3 billion euro ($13.9 billion) takeover bid for peer Mediobanca in a surprise move that could reshape the country’s banking sector.

Trump’s inheriting a solid economy, making it harder to lower borrowing costs or inflation

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep.

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5 ideas for avoiding an overemphasis on short-term results.

Recency bias is the tendency to place too much weight on the latest performance trends while giving short shrift to other factors, such as fundamentals, valuation, or long-term market averages.

Rosy December for small business sales, but restaurants are left out

NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses had a merry December, as shoppers wrapped up their holiday shopping.

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Anti-poverty group says billionaires' wealth soared in 2024 as the elites prepare for another Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Billionaires' wealth grew in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported on Monday as some of the world's political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering .

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JPMorgan's net income jumps 50% to more than $14 billion in the final quarter of 2024

JPMorgan’s net income soared 50% to more than $14 billion in the fourth quarter as the bank’s profit and revenue easily beat Wall Street forecasts, and other major banks reported banner earnings for the year.

How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans

Shell got one. So did the pipeline company Enbridge. And last summer, energy giant Drax got its biggest one to date, worth more than half a billion dollars.

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Southwest pausing some hirings, internships as the airline looks to reduce costs

Southwest Airlines is hitting the pause button on some of its hirings, internships and employee events this year as the company looks to lower costs.

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The roller coaster markets of the last quarter of 2024 hold some important lessons for how advisors should approach retirement planning with their clients.

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Stock market today: Asian shares slide further as rate cut, tariff worries hit market sentiment

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Friday in Asia after U.S. markets were to observe a for former

New York governor wants to limit hedge funds from buying up homes

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she will push for new laws to make it harder for hedge funds to purchase large numbers of single-family homes in the state.

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Here are some of China's New Year resolutions to boost its economy

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s leaders are bracing for shocks to the economy from threatened by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump once he takes office.

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rally led by Nvidia

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, deriving optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street, led by Nvidia.

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Tesla reports 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in at least 9 years

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla's global sales rose 2.3% in the fourth quarter after a sluggish start to the year that contributed the electric car company’s first year-over-year sales decline since at least 2015.

Still unable to find equipment makers, New Jersey offshore wind project seeks 2nd delay

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey offshore wind project is seeking a second delay, saying it still can't find someone to build crucial equipment for the turbines in the latest patch of turbulence striking the industry.

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Next Week in Business: jobless claims, mortgage rates and Wall Street's first trading day of 2025

A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming next week.

Turkey's central bank lowers key interest rate to 47.5%

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 47.5% on Thursday, carrying out its first rate cut in nearly two years as it tries to

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Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed at the start of a holiday-shortened week

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday after stocks in Wall Street shook off a choppy start to finish higher the previous day as it kicked off a holiday-shortened week.

The Container Store, buffeted by rough housing market and competition, seeks bankruptcy protection

NEW YORK (AP) — The Container Store has filed for bankruptcy protection as the storage and organizational goods retailer with roots dating back to 1978 grapples with mounting losses and cash flow shortages.