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• The world could be about to run low on dollars

  03-12-2016 21:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The investing world is coming to terms with the election of Donald Trump, and all that it might mean for currencies, stocks, and bonds.
  And as big investors and bank strategists look ahead to 2017, an emerging theme is the possibility of a global dollar shortage in the near future.
  The dollar has strengthened since Trump's victory, and that could put global companies that borrowed in dollars in a difficult position. Not only is it harder to repay the debt, but it's also harder to roll over loan
  
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• The CEO of Ford just perfectly summarized the biggest problem for electric cars

  03-12-2016 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The year 2010 seems like a long time ago. That was when a bold future for electric cars appeared to be opening.
  Tesla was about to roll out its first original design for an EV, the Model S, which would go on to be named Motor Trend's Car of the Year for 2013.
  There's were numerous electric-car startups aiming to join Tesla, and the major automakers were producing their first EVs since GM had killed it EV-1 in the 1990s. 
  Since then, the promise of an electric-car revolution hasn't just fail
  
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• A hot new hedge fund is making a big bet on Disney (DIS)

  03-12-2016 20:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One of the hedge fund industry's hottest new funds is betting on Disney.
  Samantha Greenberg's Margate Capital Management is investing in Walt Disney Company – even as many peers are shedding the stock.
  Disney has tumbled over the past year, from about $115 a share to about $99 a share earlier on Monday.
  That's largely because of investors' fears over sports network ESPN.
  Greenberg presented her thesis at the Robin Hood Investors Conference in New York on Monday, her first pr
  
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