#financial-influencers

#financial-influencers

Leonid Radvinsky's death leaves a void in the leadership of OnlyFans, a platform that has transformed the adult content landscape. His secretive management style and the controversies surrounding the site have raised questions about its future direction and stability.

Look, investors didn't get what they wanted to hear last night. I think that it was pretty straightforward that there were a lot of people buying stocks, betting that this was going to be the official wind-down. Not more bombing.

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) is the most widely held energy ETF in the U.S., with roughly $38 billion in net assets, spanning the full energy value chain.

A SpaceX IPO promises to be one of the biggest Wall Street events of the year, with several investment banks lining up to help raise tens of billions to fund Musk's ambitions to set up a base on the moon, put datacenters the size of several football fields in orbit and possibly one day send a man to Mars.

The fund blends high yield corporate bonds, senior loans, and debt tranches of U.S. collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) into a single actively managed portfolio, aiming to deliver income that beats the broad bond market while keeping volatility lower than any single segment on its own.

The sharp rise in oil prices and renewed inflation concerns created significant pressure on both stocks and bonds, impacting investor sentiment and market dynamics.

Cameo videos regularly go viral on TikTok, and TikTok talent delivered its strongest year yet on Cameo in 2025, according to Cameo CEO Steven Galanis.

If I built the multibillion-dollar bank business, I would hate if one of my associates formed my company's image with one video. That's why he's been careful about the regular TikTok videos he started posting about his job before the Interview magazine spread. Sometimes he's even asked senior mentors at the firm for their opinions.

Recently released data from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation (1) shows that about 25% of U.S. adults surveyed say they use recommendations from social media influencers when making investment decisions. Among people aged 35 and younger, the share jumps to 61%. Even more concerning: 57% of people with less than two years of investing experience reported relying on social media for financial guidance.

Michela Allocca, founder of the personal finance brand Break Your Budget, got started with just her iPhone and an Instagram account. She had a friend take pictures of her around Boston, where she was living and working at the time, "and I would literally post a picture of myself and write a long caption about three steps to start investing," she told Business Insider.

Gen Z loves #RichTok - and they love being rich. Mash them together and you get a generation that overwhelmingly turns to social media for investing advice as they seek the most elusive thing of all for the young: financial independence. Social media ranked the top reason 55% of Gen Z and 44% of millennial investors say they got into investing, according to a survey of 300,000 investors over five years by the Oliver Wyman Forum.