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Good morning. The Treasury Department announced yesterday that BNY and Robinhood will build and run the app for Trump’s tax-deferred investing accounts for kids, which is due to launch in July and be seeded with $1,000 of federal money for babies born between 2025 and 2028. While critics say there are better places to deploy that cash, investing early is a time-tested way to build wealth. That may be why companies like Nvidia, JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Intel, Citigroup, Chipotle, Delta Air Lines, and Coinbase have pledged to match the Treasury grant for employees’ children. It’s why Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell and his wife Susan stepped up to donate $6.25 billion to fund the accounts. Amid growing concerns about AI job loss and the wealth gap, should other leaders promote this product, too? A few things to consider:
