Crystal Kim

1 week ago | thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim

Coffee’s for closers, and few are willing to pour the java until President Trump takes the first sip. Tariff-induced uncertainty and related market jitters have stalled what was expected to be a rebound year for mergers and acquisitions, and dealmakers are now reportedly eyeing the second half of 2025 to resume talks. Expectations for a revival in M&A activity were heightened in late 2024/early 2025, with dealmakers and industry experts believing that Trump 2.0 would set the stage.

2 weeks ago | thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim

Not even the penguins were spared last week when President Trump unveiled across-the-board tariffs on more than 180 countries, including the biggest US trading partners and remote islands home to mostly flightless birds. Major stock indices sank in response, with the S&P 500 notching its in market value since the onset of the pandemic on Thursday. US Treasury yields fell, gold’s rally stalled, and the US dollar — usually stronger amid turmoil — weakened.

3 weeks ago | thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim

Starting this fall, the check won’t be in the mail, at least from the federal government. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week directing the Treasury Department to cease issuing and receiving paper checks for all payments, including intragovernmental remittances, benefits, vendor payments, and tax refunds by Sept. 30.

3 weeks ago | thedailyupside.com | Crystal Kim

What was once Vanguard Group’s advantage — fund structures that allowed the firm to defer capital gains taxes and pass on big gains to its clients — could soon be extended to a broad swath of the asset management industry, including active managers.

Jan 22, 2025 | sherwood.news | Crystal Kim

The Securities and Exchange Commission launched a crypto task force on January 21 dedicated to ensuring crypto businesses can operate without fear of punishment, signaling a rosier outlook for the industry at large, and sending coin prices, including bitcoin, $TRUMP and $MELANIA, higher in the immediate aftermath of the news. The formation of a crypto-specific task force represents a sea change, with Republican commissioners Mark Uyeda and Hester Peirce as the top brass leading the initiative.