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• This color-coded chart shows which finance jobs are in demand — and where Wall Street is headed

  19-11-2017 17:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wall Street recruiting firm Options Group just published its annual compensation report, predicting a decline in 2017 compensation for most traders.
  In the same report, the firm included a chart forecasting hiring activity in 2018 by activity. 
  In the US, information technology is likely to see high activity while commodities, equity derivatives and electronic markets are forecast to see moderate activity. If you work in information technology on Wall Street, you're in luck.
  
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• An 'Uber for buses' startup is launching an ICO to end tipping altogether — and it’s already raised $6 million

  19-11-2017 17:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Skedaddle, an 'Uber-for-buses' startup, is launching a blockchain project that aims to completely eliminate tipping.
  Users can rate any interaction with a service worker, which also functions as a tip, and follows a worker from job to job. 
  CEO Adam Nestler isn't worried about a potential bubble in cryptocurrencies, and says the company has already raised $6 million of its ICO goal. Skedaddle, a New York-based bus chartering service that allows anyone to create a route and find other
  
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• Chipotle is facing a reckoning — and I saw why it may never again be the chain it once was

  19-11-2017 17:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chipotle has had a rough two years marked by E. coli scares and lackluster menu additions. 
  The chain's efforts to turn things around have yet to really work. 
  Chipotle still has a ways to go before it turns things around — if it can.
   
  It's been a bumpy ride for Chipotle.
  The chain's reputation has never truly recovered from the 2015 E. coli outbreak that left 50 people sick in 14 states. Chipotle's tarnished image has led to slumping sales growth, and third-quar
  
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• Walmart is making a mockery of the retail apocalypse — and traders are betting it'll keep soaring (WMT)

  19-11-2017 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Walmart crushed its most recent earnings report, beating Wall Street profit and sales estimates while also raising full-year guidance.
  The company also grew e-commerce gross merchandise volume by 54%, suggesting that it's holding off Amazon.
  Traders made adjustments to get more bullish heading into earnings, and they are positioned for more strength ahead for Walmart's stock.There's no denying that the retail apocalypse is sweeping America, leaving thousands of brick-and-mortar store closings i
  
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• Real estate M&A has eclipsed the record level set on the eve of the financial crisis — and it's to do with the retail apocalypse (GGP)

  19-11-2017 17:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  It's been a record year for real estate mergers and acquisitions, with $387 billion in announced transactions worldwide.
  Part of the explanation rests with Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) that own and operate shopping malls, which have been battered amid the ongoing retail apocalypse but now may be undervalued.
  Global logistics businesses, which need warehouses to house and distribute product, are also driving the trend.Mergers and acquisitions of real estate companies have hit recor
  
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• The retail apocalypse is killing jobs, and it's left 'the economy vulnerable to an adverse shock'

  19-11-2017 16:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  The retail apocalypse has led to a flurry of retail store closures and bankruptcies. 
  Retail trade employment has dropped by 65,000 in the last 12 months, and stores which compete with online retailers are experiencing sizeable declines in employment. 
  That's impacting some corners of the subprime loan market, and could leave the economy vulnerable. The retail apocalypse is real. Hundreds of stores across the US have closed, as the rise of ecommerce and a surplus o
  
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• Rich millennials are buying homes where they can live near their parents and grow their own avocados

  19-11-2017 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new type of housing community known as an "agrihood" is popping up around the US.
  Agrihoods combine the amenities of a rural farming community with the convenience of a modern, metropolitan neighborhood.
  Millennials and active retirees alike are flocking to the agrihood at Rancho Mission Viejo in Orange County, California.
   
  Farm life isn't what it used to be.
  A new type of housing community called an agrihood — short for "agricultural neighborhood" &m
  
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• THE HINDENBURG MEETS THE TITANIC: Stocks are flashing an ominous signal not seen since the financial crisis

  19-11-2017 16:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stock market dispersion is widening as technical indicators show sell signals, suggesting a turbulent road ahead for equities.
  John Hussman, an investment manager, says these indicators haven't flashed simultaneously since early in the financial crisis.All is not well beneath the surface of the stock market.
  Market dislocations are running rampant, suggesting turbulence ahead that could go well beyond the modest weakness that major indexes have seen over the past two weeks. And to make matters
  
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• The breakneck speed of the Republican tax bill is angering Democrats and increasing the odds it passes

  19-11-2017 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Republicans have hastily moved their tax reform bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, through both the House and Senate.
  The speed of the battle has caused analysts to raise expectations for passage.
  It has also cracked open even more serious divisions between the GOP and Democrats.In just two weeks, Republicans in the House were able to introduce their massive tax bill, get it through the tax-writing committee, and pass it through the full chamber.
  Similarly, the Senate has moved its vers
  
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• Here’s what you need to know about SAFTs — the cryptocurrency fundraising craze that’s shaking up venture capital

  19-11-2017 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just as blockchain technology is shaking up the startup space, it's also revamping the way venture capital firms invest in emerging companies.
  Over the last year and a half, startups have raised nearly $4 billion through initial coin offerings, or ICOs, which are a kind of unregulated fundraising technique involving the creation of new digital tokens, or units of value.Venture capitalists have been wanting a piece of the action. Enter the Simple Agreements for Future Tokens, otherwise known as
  
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• The secret to how Tesla gets its cars to look so good (TSLA)

  19-11-2017 14:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Designer Franz von Holzhausen had an impressive resume before joining Tesla.
  But the combination of his frustration with the traditional auto industry and Elon Musk's distinctive ideas about how to solve problems has taken his work to a new level.
  He's followed an unlikely path to becoming the most influential car designer of his generation.Before Franz von Holzhausen signed on with what was then called Tesla Motors in 2008, he was on his way to being a member of the automotive d
  
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• A key recession indicator is getting closer to the danger zone — and the Fed can't ignore it

  19-11-2017 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A shift in the bond market is giving investors and Fed officials pause about the economic outlook.
  The concern stems from earlier periods when long-term interest rates slip toward or even below their short-term counterparts, often signaling recessions.
  Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker says the central bank must avoid inverting the yield curve, or allowing 10-year Treasury yields to slip beneath two-year rates.The Federal Reserve’s plan to keep raising interest rates could soon ru
  
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• A bear market in stocks could be coming far sooner than expected

  19-11-2017 14:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stocks of companies with a strong balance sheet are outperforming those of companies with a weak one as monetary accommodation slows.
  This signals that the 8-1/2-year bull market may be entering its final innings as investors flock to high-quality stocks.In the stock market, when the best-financed companies are dominating returns, it's time to get worried.
  It's a counterintuitive dynamic. You'd think that when investors are favoring companies with the strongest balance sheets — the ones w
  
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• This is the phone Android users should get if they like the iPhone X's design

  19-11-2017 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  No matter how good the iPhone X looks, it still won't pull away the staunchest of Android users. 
  For some Android fans, making the jump to the iPhone's iOS operating system just isn't an option, no matter how much thicker the bezels are on the Pixel 2 phones, Samsung Galaxy phones, LG phones, and even the latest OnePlus 5t. 
  But Android users have to admit, the iPhone X is absolutely gorgeous, even with that "notch" at the top of the screen.
  There is one Android phone, however, that c
  
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• There are 3 things that could destroy one of the greatest stock rallies of all time

  19-11-2017 13:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The ongoing equity bull market is the third-longest in history, and it's showing few signs of slowing down.
  Morgan Stanley thinks the current cycle could end sometime in 2018, and it lays out the three most likely negative catalysts.As the equity bull market stretches well into its ninth year, it looks virtually unstoppable.
  Formidable earnings growth, easy lending conditions and a gradually expanding economy have combined to cultivate an environment that's been ideal for stock appreciation.
  Th
  
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