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• Democrats need to stop whining about the deficit

  04-11-2017 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Democrats are opposing Republican tax cuts partly on the basis that they will expand the US budget deficit.
  That's the wrong argument to make — not just now but in any low-inflation environment.
  The right argument against the plan is that it's skewed toward the wealthy and includes changes that won't benefit the economy."There are better ways to invest in our economy," says Stephanie Kelton, a former chief economist for the Senate Budget Committee's Democratic staff. "Investing in our nat
  
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• The CEO of investment startup Acorns wants his app to be used by every American with a household income under $100,000

  04-11-2017 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Acorns, the fintech app that allows users to invest their spare change, is witnessing strong growth with more than 2.2 million accounts in the US.Business Insider recently sat down with Noah Kerner, the firm's CEO, to discuss the firm's mission, the growth of its editorial content, and his thoughts on finance hype.Kerner said the company is looking to serve every single American with an annual household income under $100,000.In 2012, father-son duo Walter and Jeff Cruttenden launched Acorns, th
  
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  04-11-2017 19:42
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• Lennar's $9.3 billion merger with a rival perfectly captures 2 of the biggest problems with housing in America (LEN)

  04-11-2017 18:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lennar has agreed to buy CalAtlantic Group for $9.3 billion, in a deal that would create America's largest homebuilder by market cap. 
  The combined company would be in a better position to combat rising land and labor costs while cashing in on red-hot demand for housing.
  Recent hurricanes raise the need for homebuilders' services, but could divert resources from filling a more widespread inventory shortage.
   
  The homebuilder Lennar announced Monday that it would buy CalAtlantic G
  
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• Traders have made almost $1 billion betting against Under Armour this year (UAA, UA)

  04-11-2017 18:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Under Armour short sellers have made almost $1 billion in 2017 betting against the stock, which had fallen 54% year-to-date through Tuesday.
  The company cut its full-year 2017 guidance as part of a disappointing third-quarter earnings report.
   
  One of the safest bets in the flailing retail sector this year has been to short the worst-performing companies.
  Under Armour has fit that strategy to a tee, and Tuesday's disastrous earnings report further fattened the bank accounts of traders bett
  
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• Something odd is happening to one of the most attractive trades of 2017

  04-11-2017 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  There's a slowdown in the emerging-markets carry trade, in which investors borrow in US dollars to invest in emerging markets where interest rates are higher. 
  The underperformance of high-yielding emerging-market assets is at odds with the current environment of steady growth and low volatility, said Alessio de Longis, portfolio manager at Oppenheimer Funds. 
  The carry-trade slump has been triggered by a rise in the US 10-year treasury yield, which has dimmed the attractiveness of hi
  
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• One sentence from the Senate's social media hearing should petrify Google, Facebook and Twitter

  04-11-2017 17:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  On Tuesday lawyers for Google, Facebook and Twitter were in Washington answering questions about the 2016 election but left Senators largely unsatisfied.
  Senators were left thinking the companies don't have the ability to fully know what's going on on their platforms as they operate now.
  Washington may seek to change that. We've done this before in America — back in the 1930s when radio was the new menace carrying misinformation and propaganda.For social networks to properly police u
  
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• The 'mother of all causes' for the record-setting stock market is also everyone's biggest fear

  04-11-2017 17:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Concerted balance-sheet expansion by central banks around the world is the root cause of stock-market gains during the 8-1/2-year bull market, says Cantor Fitzgerald's Peter Cecchini.
  That global quantitative easing has been crucial in supporting earnings growth and helping economic expansion worldwide.
  Now that the Federal Reserve is planning to unwind its massive balance sheet, investors are worried about what happens next.For months, I've been hunting for a lasting explanation for the stock
  
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• MORGAN STANLEY: These 16 stocks are set for huge growth no matter what (MS)

  04-11-2017 16:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Many investors are worried that the time has come for an economic downturn.Morgan Stanley has compiled a list of stocks its analysts think are primed for growth regardless of macroeconomic conditions.
  Morgan Stanley has released a list of stocks its analysts think could outperform markets regardless of what may happen to upset economic conditions.
  These "secular growth stocks," as the bank calls its eighth annual report, out Wednesday, are companies in which the bank's analyst are bullish and s
  
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• America's biggest companies are investing more in themselves — and it's causing a huge shift in the stock market

  04-11-2017 16:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Investors have historically favored companies that return capital to investors through dividends and share buybacks.
  That's shifted over the past two years as traders have started to reward companies that invest in themselves.Going back decades, investors have traded stocks with their own best interests in mind.
  That means favoring companies that use capital to directly enrich shareholders. Since 1991, S&P 500 stocks offering the highest combined dividend and share-buyback yields have retur
  
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