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GOLDMAN SACHS: Trump's trade war will crush profit growth — but these 14 stocks can still help you make a killing in the market

10/5/2018, 10:24:18 AM
BI PRIME: Goldman Sachs says corporate profit margins — which are currently sitting at record highs — will decline as President Donald Trump's trade war continues to escalate. The firm identified 14 companies it expects to outperform the broader market, even as this profit-margin decline takes hold. ✔ Goldman Sachs says corporate profit margins which are currently sitting at record highs will decline as President Donald Trump's trade war escalates ✔ Cadence Design Systems Markets Insider Ticker: CDNS Industry: Information technology Market cap: $13 billion 5-year gross margin coeff


US China Trade: Chinese Exports Fall For Second Straight Year Before Donald Trump Takes Office

10/5/2018, 6:52:57 AM
A customs spokesperson said China is a victim of anti-globalization and that Donald Trump's trade policies will be watched closely. ✔ A container is loaded on to the first Chinese container ship to depart after the inauguration of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor port in Gwadar, Pakistan Nov. 13, 2016 ✔ One of Trump’s main campaign talking points was to boost the economy by playing hardball with China and Mexico, countries and economies capable of mass producing products with much cheaper labor


US Treasury yields extend gains ahead of nonfarm payrolls

10/5/2018, 9:43:40 AM
U.S. government debt prices fell into the red on Friday. ✔ U.S. government debt prices fell into the red on Friday ✔ Symbol Yield Change %Change US 3-MO --- US 1-YR --- US 2-YR --- US 5-YR --- US 10-YR --- US 30-YR --- In the previous session, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit its highest level since May 2011, following positive economic data ✔ Investors will pore over the nonfarm payrolls, average hourly wages and unemployment rate, to try and gauge how the U.S. economy is performing


Lenovo, ZTE tumble as investors fret over impact of China's hack...

10/5/2018, 10:16:58 AM
Shares in Lenovo Group and ZTE Corp tumbled on Friday, hurt by worries about ove... ✔ It estimates Lenovo earns over a fifth of its revenue from the United States ✔ FILE PHOTO: The logo of Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE is seen outside the ZTE R&D building in Shenzhen, China April 27, 2016 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Pentagon report accuses China of trying to undermine US defense industry

10/5/2018, 6:31:54 AM
The Pentagon is set to release a report Friday accusing China of seeking to undermine the US military's industrial base, the latest in a series of US jabs at Beijing. ✔ The report comes amid a rapidly deteriorating relationship between the United States and China, fueled in part by the ongoing trade war between the world's two biggest economies ✔ That technology allowed hackers to access any network that included the altered equipment, according to Bloomberg ✔ CNN's Steven Jiang and Nicole Gaouette contributed to this report


Malcolm Turnbull says US forces in Asia 'vital' for balancing surging China

10/5/2018, 5:40:53 AM
"When you're talking about the PLA, realistically, the only force that can balance it in the region is the United States Navy." ✔ Asked about Mr Pence's accusations of Chinese influence and Australia's own debate, Mr Turnbull said: Our sovereignty is as important to us as it is to every other nation in the region, including China ✔ Australia has used less strident language so we sound reasonable, but in fact this country has already quite substantially toughened up against Chinese influence, Professor Medcalf said


Asian stocks fall as US accuses China of election meddling

10/5/2018, 7:27:29 AM
SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence claimed China had meddled with its midterm elections to unsettle the Trump administ ✔ SINGAPORE (AP) Asian markets were mostly lower on Friday after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence claimed China had meddled with its midterm elections to unsettle the Trump administration, which Beijing has denied ✔ Pence charged that Russian influence operations in the U.S. pales in comparison to Chinese operations


Malaysia, Singapore shares end October's first week lower

10/5/2018, 11:41:27 AM
Higher U.S. Treasury yields return to haunt investors with threats of capital flight ✔ There's fear that more funds might pull out from equities and put money into the bond market seen as a better bet at the moment ✔ Real estate firms remained under pressure for the second day in Singapore with Hongkong Land Holdings losing 1.9% and CapitaLand retreated 1.5%


Apple Suppliers and Lenovo Are Being Hammered by That Chinese Spy Chip Story. But Is That Fair?

10/5/2018, 11:02:33 AM
Investors are having a crisis of confidence in players surrounding device-manufacturing in China. And there are reasons for that. ✔ So somebody here is either wrong or not entirely forthcoming, and it’s not quite clear who that is ✔ It remains to be seen whether Western business markets really do turn against Lenovo, andwhat with all that controversy over the accuracy of Bloomberg ‘s detailsthe next few weeks may be crucial on that front


Chinese robotics startup cracks the code for Western markets

10/5/2018, 5:36:04 AM
Makeblock's build and play approach to computer science is winning over educators ✔ HONG KONG/TOKYO - At a primary school in Tokyo, a Chinese robotic startup is reshaping the future of Japanese children ✔ In the US, improving this so-called STEM education has become a national strategy since 2015 with billions of dollars spent subsidizing relevant courses


Good Job! Washington Angered Enough Countries to Provoke a Joint Response to Its Sanction War

10/5/2018, 4:32:39 AM
Lately, an ever increasing number of states started expressing their dissatisfaction with Washington’s protectionist policies, thus forming a group states that are determined to oppose unfair trade practices on the international stage. Therefore, there’s little surprise that the UN general assembly in New York turned into a show of solidarity against the White House and what it stands for on 25 September. ✔ Earlier last month, German foreign minister Heiko Maas urged Europe to resist unilateral American sanctions, while pointing out that the EU shouldn’t sit like a rabbit in front of a snake ✔ As it’s been pointed out by an analyst for the Arms Control Association, Kelsey Davenport in his interview for the Washington Post: In the Iran case, the United States is damaging sanctions as a tool of statecraft, as it has put a lot of states between a rock and a hard place


Strong U.S. job growth expected in September; wages seen rising

10/5/2018, 5:33:41 AM
The U.S. economy likely created jobs at a brisk clip in September, with the unem... ✔ DIMINISHING SLACK Average hourly earnings are forecast to have increased 0.3 percent in September after leaping 0.4 percent in the prior month ✔ Even though storm effects will be limited by the fact that the hurricane hit relatively late in the survey period, we think they will be enough to bias the workweek down and increase hourly earnings, said Lou Crandall, chief economist at Wrightson ICAP in Jersey City, New Jersey ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Analysis | The Finance 202: Bloomberg report on supply chain hack exacerbates U.S.-China tensions

10/5/2018, 11:25:29 AM
It could prove even more galvanizing for the Trump team’s China hawks. ✔ The U.S. will be less worried about running afoul of the World Trade Organization, a watchdog Washington helped create ✔ #TNYcartoons A post shared by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Oct 4, 2018 at 12:28pm PDT BULL SESSION Senators react to FBI report following Kavanaugh investigation: Melania Trump visits school in Malawi receiving U.S. aid: Aerial footage shows Utah's un-be-leafable fall foliage:


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