BlackRock, $BLK, is adding to bets on the artificial intelligence within its US model portfolios while trimming its overall equity risk because of tariff uncertainty, per Bloomberg.

BlackRock's, $BLK, Fink says "The strength of the entire financial system is safe and sound"

BlackRock, $BLK, Larry Fink has said: The traditional 60/40 portfolio may “no longer fully represent true diversification” “The future standard portfolio may look more like 50/30/20 — stocks, bonds and private assets like real estate, infrastructure and private credit.”

BlackRock, $BLK, has said to buy short-term Treasurys as refuge from trade tensions

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink has said that almost everyone he talks to is more anxious about the economy that at any time in recent memory, per FORTUNE.

BlackRock, $BLK, Fink said that the tariffs were an opportunity to "look for opportunities."

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Finky: “If the US doesn’t get its debt under control, if deficits keep ballooning, America risks losing that position to digital assets like Bitcoin.”

The CEO of BlackRock, $BLK, has said Social Security reform should include private investment, per MorePerfectUnion. CEO Larry Fink says it's a "problem" that Social Security "doesn’t grow with the economy."

This week, BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink said: "I see it more as a buying opportunity than a selling opportunity" Do you agree?

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Fink has said: The Fed may not cut with persistent inflation. Larry Fink compared the current climate of anxiety and uncertainty to 2008 financial crisis

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Fink: We’re very close, if not in a recession right now

BlackRock, $BLK, earnings: - EPS: $11.3, est: $10.76 - Revenue: $5.28 billion, est: $5.38 billion

BlackRock, $BLK, has downgraded US stocks, says to be "cautious"

BREAKING: BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink has said: "We are probably in a recession right now"

Blackrock, $BLK, CEO Fink: I still won't rule out another 20% market decline.

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink pledges to open up private markets to millions of everyday investors, not just the wealthy few

BREAKING: China has blocked the $23 billion sale of dozens of ports worldwide — including two key ports in the Panama Canal — to a group led by US investing giant BlackRock, $BLK, per NYP

“It’s no wonder younger generations, Millennials and Gen Z, are so economically anxious,” Larry Fink of BlackRock, $BLK has said. “They believe my generation—the baby boomers—have focused on their own financial well-being to the detriment of who comes next. And in the case of retirement, they’re right.”

Larry Fink of BlackRock, $BLK, has said that retirement is a benefit increasingly limited to Fortune 500 employees, and widening the scope should be a ‘national priority’

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Fink has said that being more nationalistic in the US is going to cause elevated inflation, per CNBC.

BREAKING: BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink says the US will see more inflation over the next 6 to 9 months.

BlackRock's, $BLK, Fink says Trump deportations will have severe impact on agriculture, construction, per CNBC.

BlackRock CEO, $BLK, Larry Fink is worried that America is about to run out of electricians, per FORTUNE.

“The world is fine,” Larry Fink of BlackRock, $BLK, has said: “There is a lot of noise, but the world and the U.S. will get by." He added that if there is a big dip, investors should say, “Fine, it’s time to buy.”

BlackRock, $BLK: If every millionaire owned a Bitcoin, 'there wouldn't be enough'

Didn’t say when There will be many dips Won’t say which one

BlackRock's, $BLK, Fink: I see elevated inflation and fear in markets in short term.

Larry Fink of BlackRock, $BLK, has said that investors should "buy the dip."

BREAKING: BlackRock, $BLK, has agreed to buy two major ports at the Panama Canal from their Hong Kong-based owner, following pressure from Donald Trump over alleged Chinese influence, per FT

Bank of America, $BAC, and BlackRock, $BLK, are scrapping mentions of diversity from their annual reports

Larry Fink of BlackRock, $BLK, has said that bitcoin could eventually hit $700,000, per Bloomberg.

BlackRock, $BLK, said to list its Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product in Europe, per Bloomberg.

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink has said investors are too quick to conclude that high inflation is over

Blackrock's, $BLK, Fink: “If you’re frightened of the debasement of your currency, or… of the economic or political stability of your country, you can have an internationally based instrument called Bitcoin that will overcome those fears.. [BTC] could be $500k, $600k, $700k…”

Blackrock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink has said he wants: "rapid approval of the tokenization of bonds and stocks"

BlackRock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink today on CNBC "I do believe earnings will be stronger than people think” … “I think the economy is in very good shape that being said is it in too good of shape?"

BREAKING: Blackrock, $BLK, CEO Larry Fink says I want the SEC to rapidly approve the tokenization of bonds and stocks

⚡️ JUST IN: XRP has officially flipped BlackRock in market cap. $XRP: 149.9B $BLK: 148.4B

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World economy has exited the ‘boom and bust’ cycle, BlackRock, $BLK, has said. BlackRock said it expects stocks will be boosted by transformation that will require huge investments from capital markets, and investments could sit on par with sums invested during the Industrial