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Can those making the professional trader tax election be taxed at 15%? Might this be better than capital gains? I know that plan is not fully developed but curious to get a discussion going as things evolve.

Thanks in Advance

Investors need to keep a close eye on the competition. In the case of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), there is a never-ending focus on rivals like Amazon‘s Prime Video and Time Warner‘s HBO. Hiding in the weeds is a private company, BAMTech, that recently picked up a $1 billion infusion of cash from a very public company, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS).

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New rule: The only bank not allowed to bitch about moving to Frankfurt is the one already fucking based there.

Moments ago the House Freedom Caucus announced their support for a revised version of an Obamacare replacement bill that includes the so-called “MacArthur Amendment.”  Here is the official statement from Freedom Caucus Chair Mark Meadows:

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After yesterday’s stellar 2Y auction, moments ago the Treasury sold $34 billion in 5 Year paper in what can only be described as a quite ugly auction.

The high yield printed at 1.875%, which maybe because it was the lowest stop since November’s 1.76%, drew far less bidside interest than yesterday’s auction. It also tailed by 0.7bps to the 1.875 When Issued.

The internals were just as ugly, with the Bid To Cover slumping to 2.34 from last month’s 2.37 and the 6 month average of 2.45.

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European stock market close 26 April 2017
European bonds
Let’s all doff our caps to the CAC which has closed at the highest for 9 years

Esprow announced the launch of ETP GEMS, its Global Exchanges and Markets Simulation platform to enable market participants to test trading algorithms’ design and functionality, as well as venue connectivity, and to comply with the latest MiFID II requirements.