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How to Manage the 4 Risks Hiding Inside Every AI-Heavy Portfolio Original
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter Editor's note: This is the third article in a four-part series on AI concentration risk in growth portfolios. The first two are: Your Diversified ETF Isn't as Diversified as You Think, and AI Is a Supply Chain Rather Than an Industry: Here's Why. The final article will explain the corporate adoption timeline that determines which layers ultimately earn their valuations.
How to Manage the 4 Risks Hiding Inside Every AI-Heavy Portfolio
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Editor's note: This is the third article in a four-part series on AI concentration risk in growth portfolios. The first two are: Your Diversified ETF Isn't as Diversified as You Think, and AI Is a Supply Chain Rather Than an Industry: Here's Why. The final article will explain the corporate adoption timeline that determines which layers ultimately earn their valuations.
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Hi, I would start with: 1 - Bandwidth goal 2 - SPL at distance goal 3 - Power Handling (supporting 1 & 2) 4 - On Axis Angle Needs (related to room, seating, etc) With that, figure out size as that will directly be related to size of drivers, types, volume of enclosures, etc. Then I would worry about what the box is made of. Can't put a price on any of this without a lot more details. More importantly you should just stress what your budget is. Very best,
An Estate Planning Roadblock? Don't Blame the Lawyers
You have probably blamed the attorney for how long estate planning takes at your firm. The drafting is slow, the redlines take weeks, the client loses momentum waiting on legal language. That diagnosis is wrong, and it is costing you time and money on the wrong fix. Before any attorney touches a document, someone at your firm has to determine what already exists: A will drafted eight years ago by an attorney the client no longer uses. A trust nobody currently at the firm has actually read.
AI Is a Supply Chain Rather Than an Industry: Here's Why
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter Editor's note: This is the second article in a four-part series on AI concentration risk in growth portfolios. The first, Your Diversified ETF Isn't as Diversified as You Think, examined how popular growth ETFs concentrate exposure to this single economic engine.
Think Your Portfolio Is Diversified? Why AI Is Actually a Six-Layer Supply Chain, Not an Industry
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Editor's note: This is the second article in a four-part series on AI concentration risk in growth portfolios. The first, Your Diversified ETF Isn't as Diversified as You Think, examined how popular growth ETFs concentrate exposure to this single economic engine.
Vibe Coding Didn't Cause the Hugging Face Attack. It Explains Why Nobody Saw It Coming.
An AI agent breached Hugging Face by exploiting unreviewed code paths, revealing how prompt-driven development creates security blind spots in wealth management systems.
Your Diversified ETF Isn't as Diversified as You Think — and Here's the $700 Billion Reason Why Original
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter Editor's note: This is the first article in a four-part series on AI concentration risk in growth portfolios. The next articles examine the supply chain behind that concentration, the risks facing that supply chain and the corporate adoption timeline that will ultimately determine which companies in it earn their valuations. You own an ETF with hundreds of holdings.
Will AI Pay Dividends for Your Firm? To Find Out, Budget for the Whole Iceberg, Not Just the Tip Original
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter When you budget for an AI tool, you budget for the bill the vendor sends. That bill is the visible part of the cost. It is also the smaller part. The expenses that decide whether AI pays off for your firm never appear on the vendor's invoice at all, and most firms do not budget for them until they arrive. This is the part of AI economics that catches finance leaders off guard. The token cost is the tip.
AI Washing in WealthTech: How to Tell the Real from the Relabeled
Advisor Perspectives welcomes guest contributions. The views presented here do not necessarily represent those of Advisor Perspectives. The WealthTech ecosystem grew from roughly 100 vendors to more than 500 over the past decade. Walk into any industry conference, open any vendor pitch deck, or sit through any product demo this year, and you will hear the same claim: AI-powered. But what changed under the hood? In most cases, less than the marketing suggests.
How Businesses (and Advisers) Can Budget for AI Use When the Bill Keeps Changing
Wooden building blocks with icons representing AI, technology, digital transformation and cost. Your business is going to spend more on AI this year. Three-quarters of finance leaders raised technology budgets for 2026, nearly half of them by 10% or more, and financial services firms led every other sector with increases around 15%. The decision to spend is made.
20 Questions to Ask in Every WealthTech AI Demo
Do not walk into a wealthtech AI demo with rose-colored glasses. Every tool looks impressive in a controlled presentation. Vendors invest significant resources in their demo environments. The data is clean, the workflow is choreographed, and the edge cases your firm would actually encounter are nowhere to be seen. The difference between a good technology decision and an expensive mistake is what you ask when the scripted presentation ends. Before the demo begins, prepare your own requirements list.
How Businesses (and Advisers) Can Budget for AI Use When the Bill Keeps Changing
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter Your business is going to spend more on AI this year. Three-quarters of finance leaders raised technology budgets for 2026, nearly half of them by 10% or more, and financial services firms led every other sector with increases around 15%. The decision to spend is made. The harder question is the one your budget process is not built to answer: How do you forecast a cost that changes based on how your people use a tool?
How to Budget for AI Even When the Bill Keeps Changing: A Game Plan for CFOs
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Your business is going to spend more on AI this year. Three-quarters of finance leaders raised technology budgets for 2026, nearly half of them by 10% or more, and financial services firms led every other sector with increases around 15%. The decision to spend is made.
Milk from U of I dairy key to making top cheese in Good Food Awards
Brush Creek buys about 357,000 pounds of milk per year from the U of I dairy, producing 40,000 pounds of a variety of cheeses including types of blue cheese, brie, feta, cheddar, smoked gouda, Labneh and Havarti. Many cheesemakers around the world add component parts, such as supplemental fat or protein, to their milk supply to achieve their desired specifications.
AGRILIFE INSIGHT: Texas turtles in peril
Summer is here with Texas heat and time at the beach. Thousands of people flock to the 367 miles of coastline. Many are unaware that five of the seven sea turtles known globally reside in the Gulf. These are leatherback, hawksbill, green, loggerhead and Kemp’s ridley. Another fact many Texans are not likely to know is Kemp’s ridley is the official Texas state sea turtle. This designation is not because the Kemp’s ridley population is abundant.
Expanding AI Usage? Start in the Back Office
Technology Here’s how to reclaim your Sunday nights and have more time to give to your clients who need your help the most. By John O'Connell | July 3, 2026 Linkedin X Facebook Email VK Illustration by Ayush Kumar for Unsplash+ Picture your schedule tomorrow. You have three annual reviews. Client one turns 73 this year, which means her first required minimum distribution kicks in and she has a qualified charitable distribution opportunity she has never used.
Join Us for an Exclusive Webinar: AI, Cybersecurity, and the Decisions You Cannot Defer
Join us for a critical webinar presenting findings from The Oasis Group's April 2026 CTO Think Tank in Nashville - where CTOs and COOs from RIAs managing over $1 billion in AUM discussed AI deployment and cybersecurity threats facing wealth management firms.
Protecting Client And Firm Data With Claude Team
Your firm's data risk does not scale with your headcount. A 25-person RIA that uploads a client tax return to Claude carries the same risk exposure as a 200-person firm that does the same thing. Social Security numbers do not become less sensitive because your team is smaller. What does scale with headcount is the governance solution.
Virtual Surgical Planning for Reconstruction of Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis: A Comparative Study on Its Safety and Outcomes
T. P.-J.Liu, J. E.O'Connell, A.Schache, et al., “Virtual Surgical Planning for Reconstruction of Mandibular Osteoradionecrosis: A Comparative Study on Its Safety and Outcomes,” Head & Neck (2026): 1–10, https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.70335. Data Availability Statement The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
AGRILIFE INSIGHT: Oysters: Facts vs. Fiction
If you hear the word “oyster” uttered in Texas and the other Gulf States, it is a good bet the person is referring to the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. The eastern oyster is a bivalve mollusk that occurs as far north as the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada, south along the Atlantic states and Caribbean, and west through the Gulf of America to the Yucatan Peninsula. kAm{@G6 E96> @C 92E6 E96>[ @JDE6CD 92G6 366? 4@?DF>65 3J A6@A=6 2D 72C 324< 2D `_[___ J62CD @C >@C6[ 32D65 @?
HS2 - We told you so
Cast your minds back to 2011. Nick Clegg is the deputy Prime Minister, the Arab Spring is in full swing, and the News of the World published its last edition. It also marked the start of a very long campaign from the TaxPayers’ Alliance against HS2, particularly on the basis that the government was publishing incredibly optimistic (read: misleading) cost estimates. As we outlined at the time, the Business Case for HS2 was fatally flawed.
No New Rules Doesn't Mean No Examination
Firms without documentation on AI tools, vendor oversight and supervisory procedures are handing examiners compliance findings before conversations even begin. John O'Connell,Chief Executive Officer,The Oasis Group Let me be direct. The Securities and Exchange Commission is not producing new artificial intelligence-specific rules for investment advisors anytime soon. I made the full structural case for that in a recent newsletter article.
University of Idaho study uses virtual fencing to reduce conflict between cattle and recreationists
Project partners U of I scientists with a local rancher to manage cattle distribution, reduce multi-use challenges Cattle wearing virtual fencing collars graze federal land. BY John O'Connell Photos by University of Idaho May 6, 2026 Cattle and recreationists have similar tastes when choosing their favorite spots on public land — flat, shady ground along lush streambanks.
Using Google AI Tools Can Give Your Advisory Firm the Edge — If You Do These 5 Things First
Google's AI ecosystem is worth a close look because it runs on infrastructure your firm most likely already has. If you use Workspace, you already have the foundation. The suite adds Gemini, NotebookLM, Nano Banana Pro, Veo 3, Flow, Google Vids and Whisk on top of what you already pay for. Apply any of them with structure and the returns are immediate. Each section below covers what the tool does and where it fits in a real advisory workflow. 1.
Using Google AI Tools Can Give Your Advisory Firm the Edge — If You Do These 5 Things First
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Subscribe to our newsletter (Image credit: Getty Images) The gap between firms that have built AI workflows and those still running on legacy tools is widening. Firms with integrated AI are doing more client work with the same staff. If you are still evaluating, you are not holding your position. You are losing ground. Google's AI ecosystem is worth a close look because it runs on infrastructure your firm most likely already has.
Why Financial Advisers Will Benefit as Google Shakes Up Financial Research
When the world's dominant search company applies its AI capabilities to financial research, it forces a strategic question that incumbent providers cannot ignore: Is proprietary data enough to justify premium pricing when sophisticated AI tools become freely available? The competitive response reveals two divergent strategies. Bloomberg and FactSet are doubling down on domain expertise and workflow integration, betting that decades of curated financial information create defensible advantages.
Why Financial Advisers Will Benefit as Google Shakes Up Financial Research
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Reform before remuneration
When the TPA publishes public sector remuneration surveys, we’re often asked: “surely we should be paying more so that we can attract talent to senior public roles?” It’s a fair and interesting question. The first thing to say is that our surveys are primarily about transparency and accountability. They help families and businesses determine whether they feel they are getting good value for their ever-increasing council tax or general tax bills.
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iv got a blown left tweeter on one of my BIC Acoustech Platinum Series PL-89 tower speaker all treble an sound during sound test is a noticeable 10db's lower an diract test reads nothing above 5587hz) & my center a Klipsch Reference Series RB-81 II sound now very harsh shrill no matter how a adjust my eq or my crown amp output ___ (right now in mono-block mode sensitivity at 1.4v gain knob at 1 o'clock) (setting lower sensitivity to .775 doesn't help) my receiver is a emotiva xmc2 with diract...
4-H coordinator pinch hits as Idaho House’s top parliamentarian
For a few recent weeks, Cyrus Vore, a University of Idaho Extension 4‑H Youth Development program coordinator, addressed the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives daily and played a central role in making the legislative process work.
Prediction Markets Come to Google Finance: What Wealth Managers Need to Know
Google Finance now displays prediction market data alongside traditional market information. This integration from Kalshi and Polymarket represents the first mainstream placement of event contract data in a widely accessible financial platform. What Prediction Market Data Provides Prediction markets generate probabilities for specific events through participant trading. A contract at 65 cents implies a 65% probability.
GDP per capita is the fairest way to decide pay rises for MPs
Hiking MPs’ pay is very much in vogue among certain sections of the SW1 chattering classes. The argument runs like this: politics suffers from a talent problem, parliament is packed with mediocrities. If MPs were paid more, they say, Britain might attract a higher calibre of candidate – the sort typically found in the private sector – who, while more expensive, would ultimately deliver better results for the country. It is an argument with surface-level appeal.
UI Extension program giving high schools robots to recruit students into ag-tech careers
ABERDEEN — Plastic parts, rubber tubes and wires littered a table in a botany classroom at Aberdeen High School. University of Idaho Extension educator Tom Jacobsen, Fremont County, told a group of students to start building, and they quickly began gathering and snapping together matching pieces.
Prediction Markets And Regulatory Boundaries
Prediction markets have moved from academic curiosities to regulated financial venues, but the regulatory environment that governs them is still evolving. Wealth management executives now face a new question. If clients can legally trade contracts tied to real world events, what guardrails define acceptable market activity, and where does the line remain firmly closed?
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CTO's Future Stack Guide
Today’s CTOs sit at the crossroads of innovation and accountability. As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise infrastructure, technology leaders must ensure that their systems are not only intelligent, but explainable, auditable, and regulator-ready. In this webinar, we’ll unpack key findings from the recent CTO Think Tank at RIA Edge LA, where top technology executives explored how to operationalize AI responsibly across architecture, governance, and culture.
U of I targets mint stem borer threat in Canyon County
PARMA ― The mint stem borer has emerged as a threatening pest of Canyon County mint production, and with no insecticides registered to protect the crop, the region’s farmers lack tools to combat it. At a Glance: Mint stem borer poses a major pest threat to Canyon County mint fields. U of I pesticide specialist Marcelo Dimase is leading research for a safe, effective insecticide. Plinazolin, a Syngenta product, shows promise for controlling the pest.
AGRILIFE INSIGHT: Eating seafood has many benefits
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AGRILIFE: Why Buy Domestic Shrimp?
Recently in the news were reports of radioactive shrimp having been imported from Indonesia. Testing detected traces of Cesium-137 (cs-137) in the raw, frozen shrimp. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned Americans not to consume, serve or sell Great Value Raw Frozen Shrimp with lot numbers 8005540-1, 8005538-1, or 8005539-1 and a Best by Date of 03/15/27. A recall of these contaminated shrimp is underway.
Idaho CAFE completes first phase, welcomes officials for tour
Rachael Bickerton, director of government and external relationships with the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, describes the rotary milking parlor at the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (Idaho CAFE) to a tour group, including members of the state’s Permanent Building Fund Advisory Council. Image by Bill Schaefer, for University of Idaho.
HELP FIND THE RIGHT - HDMI 2.1 Audio Extractor/Converter adapter ?
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Spain has laid a tax trap for unwary newcomers
by John O'Connell, chief executive A deeply concerning trend is emerging from Spain - a blatant disregard for the rule of law that should cause panic in any country with like-minded governments. Their state-driven campaign of coercion against its own citizens is not merely a policy misstep; it represents a fundamental betrayal of economic common sense.
Bausch Health Completes Refinancing Transactions
The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers in connection with an offering by a subsidiary of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (“BHC”) of $4.4 billion aggregate principal amount of 10.000% senior secured notes due 2032 (the “Notes”) pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.
AGRILIFE: Lights Out, Texas!
The s pring migration for many bird species is under way. According to Audubon Texas, the Lone Star State is globally important for birds. During the spring migration it is estimated that 33 percent of the birds migrating through the United States will pass through Texas and 25 percent for the fall migration. This is nearly 2 billion birds that will migrate through our state. Most people do not realize that many migratory birds fly at night.
Olin Completes $600 Million Senior Notes Offering
Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and the other initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Olin Corporation (“Olin”) of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2033.
Carnival Completes $1.0 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes Offering
Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers in connection with the private offering by Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) (“Carnival”) of an aggregate principal amount of $1.0 billion of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2030. Carnival used the net proceeds from the notes offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem its $1.0 billion 10.500% senior unsecured notes due 2030.
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