From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason. August 20th. Five things on the tape worth your attention this morning. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. FTSE 100 Live: UK Stocks Set to Outperform Europe as Energy Shares Slide. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. New Family Offices Prefer Direct Investing to Hedge Funds. Family offices are big on DIY. Just over 92% of family offices newly identified by FINTRX in the second quarter said they were most interested in direct investments. By comparison, just 10% said they were focused on hedge funds, versus nearly 40% of the broader FINTRX database mapping private wealth. The numbers suggest that newly established or identified family offices are showing a particularly strong appetite for investing directly in companies and other assets, rather than relying primarily on external fund managers. Up next. Third, from ruleoflawguy. GSEs Pass Dodd Frank Severely Adverse Stress Test with Flying Colors, Again; And FHF

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Hey, Mason here. August 19th. The opening read — five stories that explain today's tape. Let's get into it. First, from Unusualwhales Newsletter. IMPORTANT: Unusual Whales and Siebert Financial Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch New Series of ETFs. Siebert Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: SIEB) (“Siebert”), a diversified financial services company, and Unusual Whales, a financial data and market intelligence platform, today announced a strategic partnership to develop and launch a series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Next. Second, from The Capitalist. Powell slams DOJ probe in to the Federal Reserve. Powell slams DOJ probe into his congressional testimony Gold and silver surge to new heights on news of the probe GOP rebel threatens to block all Fed picks Trump proposes a cap on credit card interest Bank stocks reel on credit card cap announcement DOW: 49514.93 (⬆️ 0.02%) S&P: 6975.63 (⬆️ 0.13%) NASDAQ: 23766.33 (⬆️ 0.40%) CBOE VIX Volatil

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason here, August 18th. The market read in five — let's start with the headline number. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. FTSE 100 Live: UK Stock Futures Pause as Iran Deal Hopes Wane. Next. Second, from Bloomberg · Markets. Asian Bonds Follow Treasuries Lower on Concerns Over Government Finances | The Asia Trade 8/18/2026. "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Sydney with Paul Allen, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg) Up next. Third, from Bloomberg · Markets. NSE Said to Seek Up to $55 Billion Valuation in Record India IPO. National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., the operator of the world’s largest derivatives exchange by trading volume, is seeking a valuation of as much as 5.26 trillion rupees ($55 billion) in its planned

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason. August 17th. Markets desk — five stories, watch the tape, ignore the noise. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. Sembcorp Said to Plan Filing for $500 Million IPO of India Unit. Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries Ltd. is preparing to file for an initial public offering of its Indian unit, Sembcorp Green Infra Ltd., that could raise as much as $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Big Box Earnings Preview: Walmart, Target Poised to Benefit From Value Shoppers. The devil may wear Prada, but nearly everyone else is over at Walmart and Target. And they’re shopping despite still-high prices for groceries, gas and more. At least, that’s what Wall Street is expecting to confirm this week when a slew of big box retailers share their second-quarter earnings. Analysts estimate that on Wednesday, Target will report a 13% increase for earnings per share and 4% growth for

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason. August 16th. Five things on the tape worth your attention this morning. Let's get into it. First, from Forbes Business. Georgia Ponzi Schemer Sentenced To 20 Years For $380 Million Fraud. Todd Burkhalter the CEO of Georgia-based financial advisory group Drive Planning LLC was sentenced on August 14th to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Tiffany Johnson on charges related to his orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in Georgia history through which he scammed more than 2,000 investors out of approximately $380 million. Judge Johnson rejected the U.S. Attorney’s plea-bargained recommendation of a 17 ½ year prison sentence. Next. Second, from Forbes Business. Trump Tests Birthright Citizenship Again After Supreme Court Loss. President Donald Trump has recently made another run at birthright citizenship. He may be entitled to dislike the Supreme Court’s answer but he is really not entitled to keep fidgeting with it a

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason here, August 15th. The market read in five — let's start with the headline number. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. Money Managers Chase €500 Billion Historic German Pension Shift. The link you opened is just a verification page—no actual market story is displayed, only a prompt to confirm you’re not a robot. Because there’s no content beyond the login notice, there’s nothing to report on pension fund movements or any related financial shifts. When the full article becomes accessible, I’ll dive into the details and let you know what’s actually happening. Next. Second, from Fast Company. Who is pointing out your blind spots?. Andy thought a $10 million contract was locked in after a friendly lunch with the client’s CEO, but the deal vanished. He later realized the procurement team had flagged timeline concerns, and his own engineers had sensed hesitation—signals that got filtered out in internal reports. The lesson

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason, August 14th. Quick read on what moved overnight — five stories, no fluff. Let's get into it. First, from The Daily Upside. How Retirement Savers Can Profit from Big IPOs. Nobody likes being left out, but following the crowd brings its own risks. Perhaps the biggest financial story of 2026 has been the initial public offering of SpaceX, and the pending IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI, together expected to bring as much as $4 trillion in market cap to US equities over the next six to 12 months. The AI economy hype has some investors rushing into SpaceX stock, with many champing at the bit to buy Anthropic and OpenAI to build a sort of mini-tech index in their taxable brokerage account or IRA. Call it: AI IPO FOMO. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Treasury, IRS Propose Streamlining Rollovers From 401(ks) to IRAs. Sit. Stay. Now rollover. Good boy! Proposed guidance from the Treasury Department and the IRS is aiming to simplify the rol

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason. August 13th. Five things on the tape worth your attention this morning. Let's get into it. First, from The Daily Upside. The SEC’s Proposed Semi-Annual Reports Could Hide Negative Earnings. Negative quarterly earnings could start going the way of a certain 2025 heist movie starring Jesse Eisenberg: Now you see me, now you don’t. With the SEC’s proposed change to allow companies to report earnings semi-annually rather than quarterly, negative quarterly performance is more likely to get swept under the rug in positive half-year reports. For example, bad quarters where revenue declined by at least 5% would be masked by positive semi-annual reports at twice the rate as good quarters, according to a Bloomberg analysis of S&P 1500 companies’ earnings going back to 2010. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Sticky Inflation, Job Loss Prolong Fed’s Interest-Rate Limbo. No surprises. More time. That’s what July’s inflation report delive

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Mason here, August 12th. The market read in five — let's start with the headline number. Let's get into it. First, from Bloomberg · Markets. FTSE 100 Live: UK Stocks Set to Fall Again, Pound Holds Steady. Next. Second, from The Daily Upside. Big AI IPOs Get Headlines. The Real Story Takes Longer To Tell. One down, two to go. SpaceX is now public, with a series of lock-ups scheduled to expire through mid-2027 offering the chance for significantly more float to hit the market, and OpenAI and Anthropic aren’t far behind. The trio of “cannonball IPOs” has the potential to cause not just big initial waves but also ongoing ripples for long-term investors, according to Marta Norton, chief investment strategist at Empower Investments. Up next. Third, from The Daily Upside. Premium Sneaker Brand On’s Stock Tumbles Amid Push to Keep ‘Full Price’ Power. There’s no cushioning the blow here. Not even the most lightweight, stylish sneakers could stop On

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Mason, August 11th. Here's what I'd flag before the open. Let's get into it. First, from lesoosten1. Futurist ETF(FUTR) Rocket Lab($RKLB) Q2: Earnings Report. Revenue: $234.1 million, representing a 62% year-over-year increase and beating consensus estimates of approximately $231 million. Segment Breakdown: Product revenue reached $181.3 million, while Service revenue hit $52.7 million. Earnings Per Share (EPS): -$0.08, missing the consensus estimate of -$0.06 to -$0.07. This slight miss was directly attributed to $8.6 million in transaction costs related to the company's recent strategic acquisitions. Net Loss: Narrowed to $49.3 million, an improvement from a loss of $66.4 million in the same quarter last year. Next. Second, from Mish Talk. Are Hourly Earnings Rising Too Slowly to Cause Inflation?. That’s the claim by two prominent names. I respectfully disagree. The lead chart shows the percent change in hourly earnings for producti