The next recession, Mark Zuckerberg's security chief, and UnitedHealth Group's $100 billion goal

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It was a rough week for the market, with Donald Trump's decree on Thursday that the US will impose tariffs of 5% on Mexican imports starting June 10, sending stocks into a spin. 

Morgan Stanley strategists think the economy looks far worse under the surface than most realize, even before the tariffs, with the Wall Street firm highlighting weak durable goods and capital spending in April and a decline in the Markit Purchasing Managers' Index.

A proprietary economic indicator maintained by Morgan Stanley has now fallen to its lowest level since the most recent recession more than a decade ago. 

"We think this means the US economic slowdown and rising recession risk is happening regardless of the trade outcome," the strategists said. 

And the trade outcome isn't look great right now. There's little sign of a breakthrough with China, and the latest tariffs have the potential to push Mexico and the US towards a recession, given the inter-connectedness of the two economies post NAFTA, according to experts.

Separately, the Fed just sounded the alarm on companies stockpiling debt and using it for all the wrong reasons, a reminder that the economy's in a potentially vulnerable position should a slowdown arrive.

Despite the tough environment, there are those investors who continue to prosper. Akin Oyedele talked to five of the top-rated US equity fund managers to learn about their strategies, strongest convictions in the market, and advice for other investors looking to replicate their success.

Here are some other highlights from BI's investing team this week:

• A senior partner at Baillie Gifford shares what Tesla, Amazon, and the firm's other wildly successful investments have in common — and how it identifies them early on
• The stock market is facing an "uncommon mix" of circumstances — and UBS says there's only one strategy for traders looking to take advantage
• Here are 5 books one of Silicon Valley's best investors recommends for anyone looking to broaden their horizons and think outside the box
• Everyone is asleep on these 17 stocks. One Wall Street firm says you should buy them right now to crush the market.

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Quote of the week

"Cable has a giant reach in tens of millions of homes, which was quite tantalizing to us, but we all know the world is going towards streaming and so it felt necessary that we be there as well." — Sam Dolnick, the assistant managing editor at the New York Times, explains the publication's push into TV.

In conversation

• Callum Burroughs talked to Peter Kraus, chairman and CEO of Aperture Investors, about the firm's growth plans and shaking up the asset management industry.
• Becky Peterson talked to Eric Ries, the founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, about his plan to reinvest Wall Street.
• Lauren Johnson talked to Jim Squires, who's head of business at Instagram. He said there's "definitely headroom" for stuffing more ads in the app, showing how vital Stories are to Facebook's future.
• Ashley Rodriguez talked to Michael Benson, the head of marketing for Amazon Studios, about the studio's turnaround effort and its plan to become more than a "supermarket of content."
• Shana Lebowitz talked to Laura Sapp about her journey from executive assistant to HR chief at IAC.
• Lucia Moses talked to Rashida Jones, SVP of specials for NBC News/MSNBC and the executive in charge of NBC News Now, a new streaming service aimed at young news junkies. Jones explained how the broadcaster is taking on ABC and CBS to win millennials on streaming services.
• Lucia also talked to Barstool founder Dave Portnoy about the media company's $1 million incubator program, which is set up to help jump-start the next Casper.
• Lydia Ramsey talked to Jorge Conde, a general partner at the venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, about why the famed VC firms thinks it can do in biotech what it did in tech.

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