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• JPMORGAN: The defining feature of the last stock-market meltdown was a symptom of a bigger shift that could trigger crashes for years to come

  06-04-2019 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  The December sell-off in stocks and the recovery that followed demonstrated one of four major postrecession shifts that will shape financial markets for years to come, according to a new research paper from JPMorgan.
  "All of our paradigm shifts became apparent during the December correction and the sharp V-shaped rally back in January," Joyce Chang, the firm's chair of global research, told Business Insider in an exclusive interview.
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• Here's why investors shouldn't be too worried about MacKenzie Bezos becoming one of Amazon's largest individual shareholders (AMZN)

  06-04-2019 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  MacKenzie Bezos likely won't sell off a significant portion of her newly independent stake in Amazon anytime soon, legal experts said.
  Following her impending divorce from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie will hold 4% of the company's outstanding shares on her own — a stake worth $35.7 billion. 
  That raises the possibility that MacKenzie Bezos could try to liquidate her assets by selling much or all of her Amazon stake. 
  However, some practical and potential legal considerations
  
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• Trump just put pressure on the Fed to cut rates. Here's what it'd take for that to happen, according to economists

  06-04-2019 15:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Federal Reserve has signaled rates will remain steady this year. It has penciled in one hike in 2020.
  Trump is pressuring the central bank to cut interest rates, however.
  But economists say financial and credit conditions would have to be different.
  President Donald Trump on Friday stepped up an unprecedented amount of pressure on the Federal Reserve, saying it should cut interest rates. But economists say business and consumer conditions would likely need to change substantially in order fo
  
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• Tesla and Trump both thrive on chaos — but Elon Musk's car company needs to chill out if it's going to succeed (TSLA)

  06-04-2019 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have a much higher chaos tolerance than the average human.
  But as Tesla grows, chaos isn't helping to improve its chances to prosper.
  Trump is never going to change, but Musk has a chance this year to reset Tesla's paradigm.
  I've argued that there are no minds on planet Earth more different that Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's. However, Musk is a canny operator and always has been — and it's clear that he's learned a few things from the Tweeter In Chi
  
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• Inside the Chicago hedge-fund turf war; Goldman Sachs explores plans to create a Netflix for data

  06-04-2019 14:32 via feedproxy.google.com
   
  Dear Readers,
  Well, that was quick: A week after Lyft's splashy IPO and shares of the ride-hailing company have already come crashing back to earth. Lyft priced its IPO at $72 a share last Thursday evening and opened the next day at $87.24 a share. After a volatile few days of trading, shares closed at $74.69 as of Friday.
  One analyst slapped a sell rating on the company this week and initiated with a $42 price target, nearly half its IPO price.
  "In order to justify its current market val
  
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• Harvard researchers say that Lyft investors will likely come to regret giving the cofounders so much control with so little stock (LYFT)

  06-04-2019 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lyft's power structure, which gives founders Logan Green and Josh Zimmer a concentration of voting power, "can be expected" to decrease Lyft's share value in the future, according researchers at Harvard Law.
  The dual-class structure means that Green and Zimmer have near-total control over Lyft while collectively owning less than 5% of the company.
  They could also retain significant control while owning as little as 2.65% of the company's equity, the researchers found.
  This could hurt Lyft's shar
  
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• Amazon's plan to launch thousands of satellites is accelerating a new space race — and one expert knows how everyday investors can profit from the mania right now

  06-04-2019 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites into orbit to expand internet access through its Project Kuiper. It's another step in what's becoming a new space race. 
  UBS analyst Carl Berrisford says the value of the "space economy" will nearly triple to $1 trillion in 20 years, and he sees high speed broadband satellites as the biggest single opportunity in that sector.
  Amazon, SpaceX and several other companies are preparing big bets on networks of broadband satellites. Only about half the worl
  
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• From humping turtles to Larry Page's pancakes: 31 of the most bizarre Google+ posts by Google execs that we'll miss the most (GOOG, GOOGL)

  06-04-2019 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Google began deleting user accounts from its Google+ social network this week. 
  Among the accounts that got deleted were those of Google's own executives. 
  In addition to providing important records about company history, the lost Google+ accounts were a rich trove of information about the people running Google; sometimes silly and whimsical, other times eerily foreboding.
  Business Insider took screenshots of some of the best posts by Google execs to ensure that they wouldn't be lost t
  
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• A political threat that US investors rarely confront is now a force to be reckoned with — and JPMorgan warns it's powerful enough to tank the global economy

  06-04-2019 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  US investors are grappling with the nascent rise of populism and policy proposals that could reverse pro-growth programs that are in place. 
  According to JPMorgan, populism is a paradigm shift that is powerful enough to shape markets for years to come.
  We spoke to John Normand, JPMorgan's head of cross-asset fundamental strategy, about the risk scenarios in the US, and how investors can prepare for what happens next.
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Socialism, in the varie
  
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• Amazon paid $97 million to acquire Eero in a fire-sale deal that left some shareholders with practically nothing, according to leaked documents (AMZN)

  06-04-2019 00:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Amazon paid $97 million to acquire the WiFi router maker Eero, according to documents obtained by Business Insider.
  Eero hired JPMorgan in August 2018 to act as its financial adviser, according to the documents.
  The deal was a fire sale that left owners of the startup's common stock with practically nothing, according to the documents.
  Eero's three founders are poised to make millions off of the acquisition, according to the documents.Amazon paid $97 million to acquire the WiFi router maker Eero
  
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