
Crystal Kim
Freelance writer covering markets, business, finance and crypto. Formerly of Axios, Bloomberg and Barron’s.
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1 week ago |
thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim
“Hey AI, maximize my portfolio returns,” is a prompt that has moved from speculative fiction to Wall Street. Last week, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, unveiled an AI research platform called “Asimov” at the company’s investor day in New York.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Crystal Kim
6 hours agoBARCELONA, Spain — Protesters used water pistols against unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona and on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday as demonstrators marched to demand a rethink of an economic model they believe is fueling a housing crunch and erasing the character of their hometowns. State …
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2 weeks ago |
thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim
For US consumer giants, smaller is better. Procter & Gamble, the maker of Tide laundry detergent and other household goods, announced a restructuring plan last week that includes cutting 7,000 people from its workforce and potentially exiting certain product categories over the next two years. “We are evolving into the next phase of our organization design with a program that we have just announced today,” P&G executives said at a Deutsche Bank conference in Paris.
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3 weeks ago |
thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim
Everything is not so “gucci” in the world of luxury goods. Brands that cater to the uber-wealthy, including LVMH’s Christian Dior, Kering’s Gucci, and Chanel, saw a dip in sales for the first quarter of 2025, continuing a slowdown that started last year. While CEOs of luxury goods retailers are chalking up the challenging environment to macroeconomic turbulence, market analysis suggests the industry’s excesses of the past few years could be contributing to weakness.
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1 month ago |
thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim
Private credit, equity, and real estate markets won’t have to rely on the assets of the very wealthy for much longer if the broader investing public starts to buy in. Empower, the second-largest retirement plan provider in the US, said on Wednesday it would make private market investments available to its 19 million participants with the help of a consortium of Wall Street’s Who’s Who. They include Apollo, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, Neuberger Berman, PIMCO, Partners Group, and Sagard.
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