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529 plans — tax-advantaged accounts for education expenses — are the go-to tool for college savers. Offered in nearly every state,2 they grow tax-deferred and allow tax-free withdrawals.3 They’re also preferable to custodial brokerage accounts, which count as a student’s assets and can hurt financial-aid eligibility.4 The biggest edge of a 529 is flexibility. A 529’s beneficiary can be changed easily, so parents or grandparents5 can open one before a child is born, then update the beneficiary later on. If one kid skips college, the account can be reassigned to another child — or even to yourself.

For more, Carol Massar Tim Stenovec speak with Ann Garcia, CFP and Wealth Advisor at The Mather Group

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SpaceX has made history with the biggest-ever IPO ever after opening at $150 per share, 11% above its offering price after the stock began trading on the Nasdaq on Friday. The listing values the rocket and AI-company that Elon Musk founded at roughly $2T, with his own fortune now standing at nearly $1.05T. Top guests across Bloomberg Businessweek Daily share their thoughts on the historic IPO.

On this episode, Carol Massar Tim Stenovec and guest host Ed Ludlow speak with:

• Bailey Lipschultz, Bloomberg News IPO Reporter
• Max Chafkin, Host 'Everybody's Business' on Elon's world
• Anthony Hughes, Bloomberg News US ECM Reporter and Nic Colas, DataTrek Research Co-Founder on StarLink combining with Tesla
• Ross Gerber, Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, President and CEO

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Eighty-five percent of recorded music revenue in the U.S. now flows through streaming, and 100,000 AI-generated tracks are being uploaded to those platforms every single day. Because royalties come from a shared pool divided by total streams, every AI track added dilutes what human artists get paid. Napster was about unauthorized distribution — taking music without paying for it. AI goes further: it uses recorded performances to generate competing content that can displace the originals entirely. AI isn't the only threat to the royalty pool — AM/FM radio has operated the same way for decades, playing music without paying performers a cent. The American Music Fairness Act would close that loophole; session musicians, backup singers, and studio players deserve to be paid, the same way every streaming and satellite service already does. And the U.S. is one of the only countries in the world that doesn't require broadcasters to pay performers, so American artists forfeit overseas royalties that end up flowing to foreign artists instead. AMFA would fix that and keep American earnings in American pockets.

For more on AI generated music, Carol and Tim Stenovec spoke with Michael Huppe, President and CEO of SoundExchange, the organization designated by the U.S. government to administer digital performance royalties.

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The most watched sports showdown on Earth - the FIFA World Cup starts today in Mexico City. This year's games will be hosted in three countries - the US, Mexico and Canada - across 16 cities, with 48 teams competing, the most ever. This comes as the event is being overshadowed by political tensions, including conflicts between the US and Iran - driving up fuel prices and creating economic strain for fans.

On this episode, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with:

• Randall Williams, Bloomberg News Senior Reporter AND Vanessa Perdomo Maglione, Bloomberg News Sports Business Reporter
• Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Tech Co-Host AND Bailey Lipschultz, Bloomberg News IPO Reporter on SpaceX IPO latest
• Stephen Carroll, Bloomberg Daybreak Europe Host on 'Europe Is Finally, Slowly Getting Its Act Together'
• Dr. Sylvia Kwan, CEO of Ellevest on the feminization of wealth and 'wealthcare' for wealth management

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Incline Village has become a billionaires' playground with prime lakefront property, alpine seclusion, and no state income taxes, attracting ex-Californians. The sales volume for single-family homes in Incline Village and Crystal Bay surged to roughly $232 million in the first quarter, with 22 homes sold for more than $2 million. The influx of wealth is raising eyebrows among locals, who worry that the town is transforming into a luxury ZIP code with room for ultrarich tech titans and few others.

For more, Carol and Tim Stenovec spoke with Eliyahu Kamisher, Bloomberg News California Reporter

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SpaceX’s initial public offering has attracted demand for more than four times the available shares, according to people familiar with the matter, ahead of the Elon Musk-led rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence firm stopping taking orders.The banks are expected to stop taking orders from institutional investors after the market closes in New York at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter have said.

SpaceX’s IPO is set to price June 11 and trade the following day. The company is offering 555.6 million shares at a fixed price of $135 each, which would raise about $75 billion, and value it at about $1.8 trillion.

Orders are still being taken and details could change, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn’t public. A representative for SpaceX didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

On this episode, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with:

• Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Tech Co-Host On SpaceX
• Ben Hylak, Co-Founder and CTO at Raindrop, Former SpaceX and Apple Engineer On Raindrop 2.0 product, and SpaceX from fmr. Engineer perspective
• Paul Andre Huet, Chairman & CEO of America's Gold & Silver AND Gary Evans, CEO at US Antimony On latest company news, mining/antimony roundup
• Todd Gillespie, Bloomberg News Banking Reporter and Sri Natarajan, Bloomberg News Chief Wall Street Correspondent On Goldman CEO Slammed by Two Lawmakers for Standing by Top Lawyer and Trump Heaps Praise on Citi for M&A Ranking It Doesn’t Have

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Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Beverly Gage visits thirteen iconic, historically significant sites across the country, she unpacks the complicated, often contradictory ways Americans remember, debate, and engage with their own history.

For more, Carol and guest host Emily Graffeo spoke with Beverly Gage, author of 'This Land is Your Land' and Yale John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History and Janet Lorin, Bloomberg News Higher Education finance reporter

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