Motley Fool's DGRO vs. VOO 20-Year Call, Examined
TL;DR: The Motley Fool published a prediction on October 28, 2026, that the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) will beat the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) over 20 years. Its case rests on conce…
October 29, 2026
Fed Holds Rates at 3.75%-4% as Inflation Stays High
TL;DR: The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate at about 3.9% on Wednesday, October 28, a month after raising it for the first time in three years. September inflation ran at 3.7%, according to KT…
October 29, 2026
SEC Proposal to Expand Retail Access to Private Markets
TL;DR: The SEC voted on Sept. 30, 2026 to propose rules that would loosen performance fee limits, ease interval fund repurchase rules, and seek comment on new ways to qualify as an accredited investo…
October 29, 2026
Q3 2026 Startup Funding: The Biggest Rounds
TL;DR: What happened in Q3 2026? Quartz summarized Crunchbase's quarterly data in a slideshow of the quarter's largest rounds. Crunchbase's own report puts a number on the quarter. Global venture fun…
October 29, 2026
Is AI Overhyped? Apollo Sees No Payoff Beyond Tech
TL;DR: Torsten Slok, Apollo's chief economist, says AI has delivered no financial payoff outside the Magnificent Seven. Revenue per worker and profit margins are rising for those seven companies and …
October 28, 2026
Fed Rate Decision Today: What Investors Should Watch
TL;DR: The Federal Reserve issues its rate decision on Wednesday, days before the midterm elections. ABC News reports that investors put the chance of a hold at about 90%, according to CME Group's Fe…
October 28, 2026
Current Price of Bitcoin for Oct. 28, 2026
TL;DR: Bitcoin opened the morning higher than it closed the day before, but it is still far from where it stood twelve months ago. If you hold it, or you are weighing whether a position belongs in a …
October 28, 2026
Rownd Opens Military Drone Center in Wisconsin
TL;DR: Rownd Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina defense technology company, has opened a drone research and development center in Richfield, Wisconsin, according to Daily Dodge . The paper reports that …
October 28, 2026
Blackstone Buys Part of a $1.3B Co-Investment Portfolio
TL;DR: Blackstone Strategic Partners, the firm's secondaries arm, bought part of a $1.3 billion portfolio of 22 co investment positions, PitchBook reported on October 27, 2026, citing people familiar…
October 28, 2026
Maxinsights Raises $30M Seed for Robot Training Data
TL;DR: Maxinsights, a Santa Clara company that collects first person footage of real work to train robots, raised $30 million in seed funding led by Peak XV, according to citybiz. Tola Capital, South…
October 28, 2026
CopperPilot Raises $390K Pre-Seed for AI Circuit Design
TL;DR: CopperPilot, a Houston, TX based developer of an AI design agent for electronics hardware, raised $390K in pre seed funding, FinSMEs reported on October 27, 2026. The round was led by Neon Fun…
October 28, 2026
Real Estate Investors Prepare to “Work for It” in 2027
TL;DR: The Urban Land Institute and PwC's Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2027, released this week, is titled "You Have to Work for It." Industry professionals still see buying opportunities…
October 28, 2026