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Economics

Shrinking GDP Shows Tariffs’ Impact as Courts Scrutinize Their Legality

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Keeping track of the Trump’s on-and-off tariff strategy was hard enough — and now the judicial system is having their turn at the switch.

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Advisor Upside

LPL Soars on First Earnings Beat After Commonwealth Deal

Shares of the country’s largest independent broker-dealer surged 13% over the past week.

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Who Wants to Live to 100? Not Most Americans

Just over 70% of Americans say they don’t want to live to be centenarians, afraid they won’t be able to afford the costs of longevity.

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Economics

Imports Drive Unexpected Contraction in US Economy

The biggest factor behind the slip in first-quarter GDP was Trump’s will-he-or-won’t-he, start-and-stop trade war.

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Investments

Morgan Stanley Wants to Woo the Day-Trader Crowd

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Morgan Stanley is doubling down on its pursuit of day traders with a fancy new, souped-up premium platform for retail investing.

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Banking

Goldman Realigns Banking and Markets Divisions to Form Mega-Deals Team

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The Wall Street firm said parts of its investment banking and markets divisions will be combined to form a team focused on mega-deals.

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Markets

BlackRock Strikes Deal With Banks to Provide Closely Held Bond Price Data

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Real-time prices for corporate bonds are hard to come by. A handful of banks want to bring the closely guarded data into the 21st century.

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