(Bloomberg) — In the race to open up the multitrillion-dollar private-asset market to retail investors, Apollo Global Management and State Street Global Advisors appear to have jumped ahead of rivals with their breakthrough PLAN for a new ETF loan. Now, industry participants are left wondering exactly how the institutional big guns will successfully marry famously…
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By 2027, it can require as much energy as possible to power artificial intelligence per year, as it currently does to keep the lights on in Sweden or the Netherlands. While big tech companies like Meta and Google build costly AI infrastructureCEO of AI chipmaker Nvidia, the third largest company in the world by market…
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Educational platform Savingforcollege.com recently released its annual estimates for state-sponsored 529 plans. This year's edition of the ratings used a new methodology based on four categories to determine the overall attractiveness of each plan on a five-point scale: Performance: Historical investment returns of the plan. Ease of use: Ease of opening, maintaining and using the…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When economies falter and financial systems shake, a seemingly paradoxical truth emerges: the rich get richer. Long recessions and depressions, assets become available at lower prices, providing fertile ground for savvy investors. This phenomenon is not merely anecdotal; it's a time-tested, strategic approach that the best investors…
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(Bloomberg Opinion) — I see a personal trainer five days a week and am now in the best shape of my life. I couldn't handle Doug when I was younger – and I wouldn't be able to now, but for technology. Doug lives on the West Coast and trains me (and dozens of others) through…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a business owner, you've probably heard the buzz: Social media is the future. Whether it's TikTok, Instagram or Facebook, you're told that's where your customers are and that's where you should be. And while social platforms certainly play an essential role in any modern business strategy,…
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(Bloomberg) — A new Wall Street ETF is offering investors a new way to extract income from the world of stocks by targeting an unlikely index: the Nasdaq 100. Issuer Pacer ETF Distributors last week debuted a product that offers exposure to technology companies — more famous for furnishing growth than dividends — alongside increased…
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Barbara Corcoran remembers when her real estate firm, The Corcoran Group, was in a tight spot. Mortgage rates were around 18%, setting the date about October 1981. She knew she had to make job cuts. “My mother said to me, 'You're going to have to fire people, aren't you?' She wasn't a businesswoman, she was…
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Sponsored by Related: Lido completes the first deal since Constellation's investment Ken Stern's journey with Lido Advisors began almost a decade ago with a chance meeting at a family office conference. His initial connection with Lido's founders quickly evolved into a shared vision for providing unmatched customer service and scaling a national brand. In some…
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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “Less noise, more steak.” I admire this ugly but accurate description of entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) by a Northwestern Kellogg School of Management professor. While it may not be as hyped as the startup life, buying an already established and solvent business and running it your way…
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