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• Trump said he made the 'biggest deal ever' with China for farmers, but a written resolution to the trade war is still a long way off

  12-10-2019 18:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that an initial trade agreement with China was the "greatest and biggest deal ever," citing wins for US farmers and billions in Boeing plane sales.
  The US and China reached an agreement Friday in which Trump suspended a new round of tariffs in exchange for trade concessions.
  The initial deal represents significant progress, but a full resolution to the long-running trade dispute between the world's largest superpowers is still a long ways off. 
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• Wall Street giants Blackstone and Citadel have reportedly held talks about a massive deal to combine their powers

  12-10-2019 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Wall Street giants Blackstone Group and Citadel have reportedly held deal talks. 
  Blackstone has held discussions to take a stake in the hedge fund itself as well as its securities-trading business, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
  While a deal isn't certain, it would represent a tie-up of two of the most preeminent names in investing. Two of Wall Street's most legendary investment firms have reportedly discussed a deal to combine their powers. 
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• Here's how Tesla's cars stack up against the best of the competition from the world's top automakers (TSLA)

  12-10-2019 15:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Over the years, I've driven all of Tesla's vehicles: the original Roadster, the Model S, the Model X, and the Model 3.
  But I've also driven hundreds of other vehicles, many if which represent the best-of-the-best coming from the world's automakers.
  I thought it would be interesting to see how Tesla's all-electric vehicles stack up against some of the gas-powered competition.
  Remember, if you want all-electric, you're currently limited to Tesla and just a few other vehicles, most of which don't h
  
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• Baby boomers are the most prosperous generation in history. Here are 10 stocks millennials can buy to get in on the action, according to Bank of America.

  12-10-2019 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bank of America published an updated list of thematic stock picks. One of the themes is companies with high exposure to baby boomers. 
  The report breaks down companies by their exposure to young consumers through sub-sectors ranging from residential aged care to wealth management.
  Here are the top stocks per sector that Bank of America recommends for exposure to older consumers. 
  Read more on Business Insider.
  For investors looking to cash in on the "silver wave," Bank of America Merri
  
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• Silicon Valley's founder-led startups have lost their shine with IPO investors. But the obsession with direct listings won't fix the bigger problem.

  12-10-2019 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  After poor public performances by some of Silicon Valley's hottest private companies, venture capitalists are decrying the traditional IPO process in favor of direct listings.
  The unconventional strategy for going public removes some of the more expensive and tedious processes associated with going public, and allows investors and employees to bypass a traditional lockup period following a public debut.
  Many VCs blamed banks for overinflating share prices ahead of an IPO to profit off the fees t
  
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• Inside WeWork's troubled Lord & Taylor building, Meet the rising stars of Wall Street

  12-10-2019 13:26 via feedproxy.google.com
   
  Hi readers,
  One of my favorite stories from the team this week was this tale by Dakin Campbell and Meghan Morris about the Lord & Taylor building in midtown Manhattan which has become a massive, $850 million headache for WeWork.
  While the property was supposed to be the site of WeWork's new global headquarters when it was purchased in 2017, it's instead become a symbol of the coworking company's grand ambitions gone unchecked.
  The landmark property is still under construction, but as
  
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• The 'worst of all possible worlds': One renowned stock bear is crying foul on an increasingly vulnerable part of the market — and reiterating his call for a 65% crash

  12-10-2019 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  John Hussman — the outspoken investor and former professor who's been predicting a stock collapse — thinks the conventional wisdom surrounding equity-market valuations today is completely unjustified.
  He warns of a massive unwind in "so-called investment-grade bond funds" if macroeconomic conditions deteriorate further.
  Hussman also reiterates his call for a 65% stock market crash and says that it would bring the S&P 500 to "run-of-the-mill valuation levels."
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• Here's why JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs say 2019 is the year climate change is at the top of investors' minds

  12-10-2019 11:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  But a lot of the world's biggest banks are all talking about climate change, and say this is the year investors are most aware.
  Markets Insider spoke to Goldman Sachs, UBS and JPMorgan to see why they have been investing in climate change and why investors and clients say it's at the top of their minds. 
  View Markets Insider's homepage for more stories. 
  In July, Goldman Sachs formed a Sustainable Finance Group, a much-hailed project that CEO David Solomon in a letter called a "signifi
  
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