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  • A hand holds a smartphone showing a prediction market screen with a green "Yes" button priced at 62 cents and a red "No" button at 38 cents.

    By Don Friedman, CEO, The Truth About Your Future

    Prediction markets let people buy “yes” or “no” contracts on real-world outcomes, from elections to sporting events. Monthly trading volume on the two leaders, Kalshi and Polymarket, went from under $5 billion in mid-2025 to a record $50.6 billion in July 2026, boosted by the World Cup. The following is what the data shows about who uses them, and what it means for advisors and their clients.

  • Four upright rectangular bars in different materials — polished chrome, deep blue ceramic, rough concrete, and brushed steel — standing side by side with gaps between them on a pale concrete surface

    By David L. Hirsch, Ray Villani , Chelsea Smith Press | McGuire Woods LLP

    AI listened in on a full year of advisor-client meetings. What it heard should give every advisor pause. Here’s what 12,000 conversations reveal about the meetings we thought we understood.

  • The U.S. Capitol building with its dome under a blue, partly cloudy sky, framed by trees and a green lawn. Image credit: wirestock - Magnific.com

    By Don Friedman | CEO, The Truth About Your Future

    Congress couldn't pass the CLARITY Act, but the SEC, the CFTC and the firms rebuilding US market infrastructure never waited on it. Here's what's actually landing on client statements this fall, law or no law.

  • By Louis Giannini | Senior Director, Product Management, Orion

    AI can't run your compliance program — but it can make everything around it faster and easier to defend. Orion Compliance's Louis Giannini breaks down what AI actually does well, where humans still need to call the shots, and the governance groundwork firms need before scaling it.

  • By Rick Lake | Founder, Narrative Alpha

    AI listened in on a full year of advisor-client meetings. What it heard should give every advisor pause. Here’s what 12,000 conversations reveal about the meetings we thought we understood.

  • By Erin Colledge, EVP, Platform Unification & AI Strategy | Orion

    Most advisory firms have a dozen AI tools that don't talk to each other – and that's the real problem. Orion's Erin Colledge explains why fewer, deeply connected AI solutions beat a pile of point tools, and what to ask any AI vendor before you buy.

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