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Trading Strategies

How to Profit from a $16.2 Billion Luxury Loser

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Well, it was fun while it lasted.

For a few weeks now, the market has been buzzing about the "inevitable" acquisition of luxury brand Tiffany & Co. by Bernard Arnault's luxury juggernaut LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE.

To hear the media talk about it, it was a done deal – a dead certainty. Nothing could stop it. The $16.2 billion deal would have been the biggest acquisition in the high-flying luxury sector's history.

Of course I say "would have," because it all just fell apart. The sound of corporate wedding bells has been replaced by the shouts of corporate lawyers.

But if you make this easy move, you'll hear the sweet sound of a ringing cash register… Full Story

But if you make this easy move, you'll hear the sweet sound of a ringing cash register...

dow jones

Dow Jones Industrial Average Jumps as Airline Stocks Take Off Again

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped this morning after the National Bureau of Economic Research's Monday announcement: the U.S. is officially in recession due to COVID-19.

There has also been a dip in corporate earnings. Airline stocks took the hardest hit.

More on these developments here.

This is everything moving the Dow today.

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Dow Jones

The Dow Jones Today Pops Almost 200 Points as U.S. and China Near Final Phase One Trade Deal

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The Dow Jones today is pointed up as the U.S. and China inch toward a complete "phase one" agreement on trade.

Also moving the Dow today: corporate earnings and Brexit news.

This week features a critical schedule of economic data that could make or break the fourth quarter for investors.

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Commodities

This Diamond Play Will Reward Bold, Forward-Thinking Investors

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Apparently diamonds really aren't forever. Although De Beers is known for its wildly successful "A Diamond Is Forever" campaign, the truth is the company helped create a market that it nearly monopolized. But over time, supply from other diamond miners added considerably to supply, eventually contributing to a decrease in the value of De Beers' […]

Thanks to a swelling Asian middle class, the outlook for the natural diamond industry is highly promising, and our Peter Krauth is going to show you just how lucrative it can be for investors with the right angle...

Dow Jones

Dow Jones Industrial Average Rises as U.S. Prepares for Canadian NAFTA Negotiations

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 40 points this morning as Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland arrived in Washington to discuss trade relations between Canada and the United States.

Minister Freeland's trip to Washington comes on the heels of a preliminary trade deal between the U.S. and Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Dow Jones

Dow Jones Today Drops as White House Walks Back Consolatory Trade Talk

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The Dow Jones today futures fell 187 points this morning after President Donald Trump suggested that any discussion of a thaw in Chinese trade relations were premature.

Trump said that he is "not satisfied" with the current state of trade discussions, even though other members of his administration, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, appeared optimistic about a deal.

Dow Jones

Dow Jones Today Slides as Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization Documents

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The Dow Jones today traded lower in premarket trading after U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed documents concerning President Trump's business organizations.

These documents are the first requested directly from one of the President's business operations.

Markets are likely to exhibit volatility today as a large volume of stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single stock futures expire today – a phenomenon known as quadruple witching.

Here's a closer look at today's most important market events and stocks, plus Friday's economic calendar.