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Amazon has a severe case of the acquisitions | Hyundai leaves the road behind | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for July 22nd in 3:10 minutes. 📈 Love ’em or hate ’em, interest rate hikes are here to stay – until, uh, they’re not. Join TradeStation Securities’ David Russell for [How To React No Matter What The Fed Throws At You]( on Monday, and get prepared for the US central bank’s next big meeting this week. [Grab your free ticket]( Today's big stories - Amazon announced it’s buying healthcare provider One Medical - The weak euro is going to turn a choice few stocks into much stronger investments – [Read Now]( - Hyundai reported its best quarterly profit in eight years Doctor’s Orders [Doctor’s Orders] What’s Going On Here? Amazon [announced]( on Thursday that it’s agreed to buy healthcare provider One Medical for nearly $4 billion. What Does This Mean? Amazon’s been moving into the healthcare space for a while now, having launched – among other things – an online drug store following a $1 billion [acquisition]( of mail-order pharmacy PillPack in 2018. And it continued down that path on Thursday, announcing that it’d be buying One Medical for $18 a share – around 75% more than it was worth before the deal was announced. The move gives Amazon a lot to work with: One Medical offers round-the-clock digital health services to nearly 800,000 fee-paying members, while its 188 offices across 25 markets gives it an expansive physical presence too. The ecommerce giant, for its part, said its goals were noble: it’s planning to use the company to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for everyone. Why Should I Care? For markets: Saving patients kills companies. Amazon’s announcement doesn’t bode well for Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health, both of which have been adding primary care services to their stores recently. Another competitor in the space is never good news, let alone when that competitor has the sheer size and staying power to cut prices, invest heavily in the product, and dominate the market. And since even trying to compete could harm profits even more, investors sent both companies’ stocks down after the news. Zooming out: The ECB stops fighting it. No self-serving American would turn up their noses at cheaper healthcare right now, not while they’re being squeezed by rising prices and interest rates. That’s a double whammy Europeans are about to become very familiar with: the European Central Bank [increased]( rates by 0.5% on Thursday – its first hike in 11 years, and the biggest since 2000. There could be more to come too, with the central bank warning that more hikes will be needed in the next few months if it’s going to get a handle on inflation. You might also like: [The ECB’s interest rate hikes are only half the equation.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Doctor’s Orders&utm_campaign=daily-global-22-07-2022&utm_source=email) Analyst Take How To Transform A Weak Euro Into A Strong Investment [How To Transform A Weak Euro Into A Strong Investment]( [Photo of Carl Hazeley] Carl Hazeley, Analyst The euro has slid [10%]( against the US dollar this year. That brought the two currencies level [for the first time in 20 years]( last week, which needn’t actually be such a bad thing for Europe’s stocks. In fact, [Goldman Sachs]( estimates that every 10% fall in the euro versus the dollar adds about 2.5 percentage points to European company earnings. But there are some that benefit from the situation much more than others, and they all tend to share [one key characteristic](. So that’s today’s Insight: why a weak euro is no bad thing, and [the winners and losers of the weak euro](. [Read or listen to the Insight here]( SPONSORED BY CHANGE How much risk do you want? Maybe you want to take on some riskier assets that have the potential to turn a higher profit. But you might also fancy some more [historically stable investments like gold](, which offer steady income and can help you [protect your portfolio](from inflation. Now you can get your perfect balance: [create a diversified portfolio]( of gold and bitcoin with [Change](, and tailor the ratio to suit your personal risk appetite. There are no nasty surprises, either: [Change]( will hold all your gold in [super-safe Brink’s vaults]( for you, and you won’t pay any fees when you [buy or sell bitcoin](. That’s what we call service. [Design your ideal portfolio today with Change](. [Find Out More]( *Stocks is a financial product offered by Change Securities B.V. and is based on over-the-counter derivative instruments with various equities, indices, commodities as underlying assets. These instruments have the flexibility to open a position representing a fraction of the underlying asset. Getaway Driver [Getaway Driver] What’s Going On Here? South Korean carmaking giant Hyundai [posted]( its best quarterly profit since 2014 on Thursday. What Does This Mean? The tail-end of last quarter wasn’t an ideal one for Hyundai, with strikes in South Korea making production next to impossible. But the carmaker hit upon a canny solution, reducing discounts on the vehicles it did have to sell. Drivers were especially keen on its highly profitable SUVs and luxury models, while booming sales of its flagship EV helped the segment’s total sales climb almost 50% from the same time last year. Throw in a fragile South Korean won that made its overseas earnings worth more, and Hyundai’s profit came in 56% higher last quarter. Better still, the carmaker said it’s finally seeing signs that chip and component shortages are letting up, and that it could step up production for the rest of the year as a result. Why Should I Care? The bigger picture: Hyundai’s a realist. Still, Hyundai is more than aware of the challenges going forward. For one thing, there’s no guarantee that strong demand will stick around as interest rates tick up, which will make financing a car that much more expensive. Inflation isn’t going to help on the purchasing power front, either. And for another thing, the carmaker admitted it was expecting fierce competition to push up its marketing costs, and said it’ll have to foot the bill for higher salaries if it wants to prevent any more strikes. Zooming out: The sky’s the limit. Hyundai doesn’t just want to rule the road: it’s one of the first global carmakers to start developing flying taxis, arguing that its expertise in mass production, interior design, and customer experience will give it an edge ([tweet this](). The vehicles are [expected]( to start test flights in 2025 and hit the US market by 2028, and Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited sequel – “Flying Taxi Driver” – is expected to follow shortly after. You might also like: [Where the experts see the carmaking industry’s biggest opportunities.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? 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