💬 Quoted: "Wall Street remains the center of the investment universe, but Y'all Street is gaining rapidly."

In the quest to prove that everything is bigger in Texas, the Lone Star State has set its eyes on a new target: America’s financial industry. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in Texas’ investment-banking and securities industries has risen by 111% over the past two decades and 27% since the pandemic, compared with respective increases of 16% and 5% in New York.

• Overall, Texas has seen a 13% increase in the number of people employed in finance since 2019, compared with 2% in New York and 3% nationally.
• Dallas currently ranks second place among all US metro areas in terms of total workers employed in finance-related industries, trailing only New York City.

🍿 Stat of the Day: Alien: Romulus earned $41.5 million in its opening weekend to top the domestic box office, solidifying a recent turnaround for Disney’s movie division. According to data from Box Office Mojo, Disney’s four most recent theatrical releases – which also include Inside Out 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Deadpool & Wolverine – have accounted for 42% of all domestic ticket sales since May 1, up from a 27% market share last summer. Analysts say Disney’s strong release slate for the coming months – Moana 2 (November), Mufasa: The Lion King (December), and Captain America: Brave New World (February 2025) – means its ongoing run of success will likely extend into next year.

🤔 Did You Know? Levi’s uses a blank red tab on ~10% of its jeans and other products – instead of a tab emblazoned with “Levi’s” – in order to protect the trademark of the tab shape.

📰 Worth a Read: How the alchemist of New England became a legendary counterfeiter → (Atlas Obscura)