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• Goldman and Morgan Stanley jockey over new turf; Web-scraping is the hottest new investing edge; UBS creating 'super human' employees

  16-02-2019 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
   
  Dear Readers,
  In between Amazon's bombshell decision to no longer build a second headquarters in Long Island City, and President Trump's national emergency to build a border wall, it was easy to miss a small piece of fintech news that I think is emblematic of much larger trends shaping the financial world.
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  Robo advisor Wealthfront on Thursday announced that it had launched a "cash account" (akin to saving
  
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• Trump seems worried about falling short on a US-China trade deal. He has good reason to be, according to experts.

  16-02-2019 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Trump administration said levying tariffs would pressure China to address intellectual-property transfer and other policies.
  Experts have long seen the second-largest economy as unlikely to budge on those issues.
  Ahead of a March deadline for trade negotiations, they remain unresolved. 
  Since igniting a trade war with Beijing last year, the White House has said it would force the world's second-largest economy to change policies seen as unfair.Seven months and hundreds of billions of do
  
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• Tesla needs to expedite its plans for an electric pickup truck before it loses a key advantage (TSLA, GM, F)

  16-02-2019 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  The auto industry is making some serious noise about electric pickup trucks.
  Last week, Amazon led an investment of $700 million in electric startup Rivian, which debuted a pickup last November at the LA Auto Show.
  Meanwhile, Ford has announced a fully electric pickup plan.
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that the company will produce a pickup, but we still haven't seen much — Tesla needs to get moving!
  Something is up in the auto industry with electric pickup trucks.
  That shouldn't be s
  
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• Here's why the next recession could be unlike any the US has ever seen

  16-02-2019 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  As trepidation over a possible economic recession mounts, Goldman Sachs finds that the five traditional catalysts for a meltdown are being held in check.
  However, Goldman did recently identify an unprecedented scenario that could make the next US recession unlike any in history. And it says the odds are climbing.As cries of a looming recession ring louder, investors have been scouring the economic landscape for any sign of when exactly the next meltdown will occur.
  Whether that means watching th
  
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• Uber's business slowed dramatically in the fourth quarter as it gears up for an IPO

  16-02-2019 06:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Uber's loss dropped to $370 million last year from $4.5 billion in 2017, the company reported Friday.
  But its bottom line was boosted by the sale of two of businesses.
  And its growth rate slowed dramatically in the fourth quarter; sales grew just 2% from the third quarter and only 25% from the holiday period of 2017.Uber dramatically narrowed it loss last year, thanks to the sale of its businesses in Russia and Southeast Asia, the company reported Friday.
  But its business slowed dramatically in
  
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• CREDIT SUISSE: Here's why investors shouldn't assume China's economy is already recovering

  16-02-2019 06:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Credit Suisse analyst is warning investors that a rally in stocks linked to China's economy might be premature.
  China's government is taking steps to reverse last year's economic slowdown, but Andrew Garthwaite says far more stimulus is needed, and credit growth needs to speed up before the economy heals.
  Garthwaite says emerging markets stocks, mining companies, and other sectors have surged recently amid investor speculation that China's economy is already on the road to recovery.
  However, h
  
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