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Nobody in the market knows what's up Trump's sleeve when it comes to China and even German, but these guys say he has a point.

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Global equity capital markets saw a jump in activity over the first quarter of 2017 after enduring a weak 2016, as companies around the globe raised almost $193 billion through IPOs and FPOs for the period – a 10% increase from the $176 billion figure in the previous quarter

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The Fed and Paul Ryan take global markets down.

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On Monday, the market valued Tesla at $47 billion making it for the first time worth more than Ford ($45 billion). Could the market be wrong? With Ford being so much bigger than Tesla by almost every other metric, in order for the market to be right, Tesla must be close to a tipping point.

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Commoditization of the Big Board seems irrepressible, moving to index funds, ETFs and algorithmic investing. Investors are losing faith in stock pickers. This applies to hedge fund operators, mutual fund money managers and privately controlled investment houses who have underperformed for 5 years.

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As U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping covene talks in Florida with topics ranging from US-China trade relations to North Korea expected and up for discussion, could the American leader pick up a few tips and learn from Chinese innovation and approach to business?

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One of the world's largest hedge funds, Chase Coleman's Tiger Global, is making a major bet on the publicly traded units of private equity giant Apollo Global.

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Did Old Man Winter scare away hiring in March? New employment data revealed that the U.S. added significantly fewer jobs in March than most economists expected, though a drop in the total number of unemployed did lead to a decline in the top-line unemployment rate.

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A $1 trillion infrastructure proposal is officially on the way later this year. Should we income investors buy any stocks now? The answer’s yes – provided we avoid the popular names.

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Recently, Amazon announced that it had entered into a one year deal with the National Football League to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games for a total value of $50 million, taking over these streaming rights from Twitter.

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