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A video published three years ago on YouTube can still be earning money today. Nobody had to make it again. No customer had to be reacquired. The production cost was paid years ago, but the cash flow continues. That makes old video libraries look a lot like annuities and financial buyers are starting to take notice.

A new generation of AI-powered brokerage tools promise to hand individual investors the automated trading capabilities once reserved for elite hedge funds, but the evidence tells a far more mixed story.

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The rise in global long-term rates gains momentum and weighs on bond-market performance

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