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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (8/25/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: Markets rallied after Fed Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech took a surprisingly dovish...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (8/18/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: The July Consumer Price Index (CPI) held steady at 2.7% year-over-year, while core CPI,...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (8/11/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: Despite the effective U.S. tariff rate climbing to 16%, 81% of S&P 500 firms beat earnings...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (8/4/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: The U.S. economy added just 73,000 jobs in July, well below expectations, with major...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/28/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: The U.S. finalized two major trade agreements: the first with Japan, reducing tariffs on...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/21/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: Inflation picked up slightly in June, with prices rising 0.3% and 2.7% over the past year....

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/14/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: The U.S. announced broad new tariffs starting August 1, including 25% on imports from...

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Model Fatigue is Real: Why Scalable Portfolio Customization is the Future

Ever feel like your investment portfolios are wearing the same outfit as everyone else? Do your clients occasionally give you that “seen this before”...

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Weekly Talking Points for Financial Advisors (7/7/25)

Read the highlights of this week's commentary from Helios: The U.S. economy added 147,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% from...

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