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• Goldman Sachs unveils its best trade to profit from an unexpected move from the Fed in 2019

  02-12-2018 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates eight times since late 2015, and many investors foresee the central bank pumping the brakes at some point in 2019.
  Goldman Sachs' top market experts think otherwise, and see the Fed following through with its projected path of rate hikes.
  As part of their list of best trade ideas for 2019, they offered a recommendation that they think would profit.Many people are worried about the Federal Reserve, from President Donald Trump right down to millennials
  
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• MORGAN STANLEY: Buy these 25 growth stocks to profit from huge gains, even if the global economy tanks

  02-12-2018 21:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Morgan Stanley's equity analysts expect 2019 to be a year of consolidation for the stock market.
  They compiled a list of 25 stocks that should be able to grow their earnings independently of broader market weakness or an economic slowdown.The stock market has reached a critical juncture that changes the game for investors, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley.
  They expect the growth companies that have led gains for most of this bull market run to give way to value stocks. Also, they expect v
  
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• Amazon is building a dozen satellite transmission facilities that it hopes will extend its lucrative cloud model into space (AMZN)

  02-12-2018 17:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amazon announced AWS Ground Station, a new product that will let businesses rent access to data from satellites.
  The company plans to build 12 ground stations throughout the world, with two facilities operational on Tuesday.
  LAS VEGAS — After expanding from retail sales to cloud computing, Amazon is now getting into satellites.
  At the Amazon Web Services annual re:invent conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, the company unveiled plans to build a dozen satellite transmission facilities t
  
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• Microsoft's surprising comeback over Apple is the outcome of two new CEOs with radically different gameplans (AAPL, MSFT)

  02-12-2018 17:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Microsoft briefly overtook Apple this week as the world's most valuable company.
  The development speaks volumes about investors' faith in the respective companies' futures and the leaders driving each company there.
  While Tim Cook has demonstrated that he's a great manager for Apple, he's repeatedly shown he's "not a product person," and he's left shareholders wondering about the company's next act.
  By contrast, Satya Nadella has resolutely directed Microsoft to its next act, and his vision is s
  
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• Here's Apple's worst-case scenario in Trump's trade war, according to RBC (AAPL)

  02-12-2018 17:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Donald Trump in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday hinted at the possibility of a 10% tariff on consumer goods such as iPhones and laptops.
  In the worst-case scenario, new tariffs on those goods wouldn't alter the fundamentals of Apple, RBC says. 
  But they would still impact the company's bottom line. 
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  All eyes are on the direction of the US-and-China trade and potential tariffs on Apple, a crucial tech player in trade b
  
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• Farm bankruptcies are surging as Trump's trade war drags on

  02-12-2018 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  At least 84 farms in the upper Midwest filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy in the 12 months that ended in June, according to a new Minneapolis Fed analysis.
  That's more than twice the level seen over the same period four years ago.
  Tariffs have added pressure to already low margins for farmers.
  As President Donald Trump maintains protectionist policies with global trading partners, an increasing number of farms in the Midwest are struggling to stay afloat.
  At least 84 farm operations in Minnesota, M
  
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• Disney's 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' wins the box office for a second-straight weekend

  02-12-2018 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  "Ralph Breaks the Internet" wins the weekend box office for a second-straight weekend with a $25.7 million take.
  This marks the third consecutive year that a Disney movie has won the box office the weekend following Thanksgiving weekend.
  And in a surprise second place, "The Grinch" beat out "Creed II."For the third year in a row, a Disney movie has won the box office the weekend following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
  "Ralph Breaks the Internet" took in an estimated $25.7 million over the we
  
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• Investors are staring at the bleakest future since the Great Depression — here's why one market bear thinks a crash could wipe 60% from stocks

  02-12-2018 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  John Hussman — the outspoken investor and former professor who's been predicting a stock crash — says traditionally diversified portfolios are set to offer their worst returns since the Great Depression over the next 12 years.
  Hussman explains why he sees a US stock market drop of more than 60% coming, and breaks down why the Federal Reserve's past actions have created the situation.There's never been a worse time to be a conventional portfolio manager.
  Well, maybe back in the deepes
  
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• Trump could cost Europe $75 billion if he follows through with his threat to tax EU car imports

  02-12-2018 09:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Barclays estimates that US tariffs on the European automotive sector could knock as much as $75 billion from growth in the Eurozone next year.
  Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all autos and auto parts coming into the US to extract concessions from trading partners including the European Union and Canada.
  He is yet to follow through on such threats, but with trade set to dominate the agenda at this weekend's G20 conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, discussion of auto tari
  
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