Initially, the markets built on Tuesday’s price action, but as soon as a few counties in Florida indicated that it was not going to be the “blue wave,” risk came off, and it was most...
Trump’s trade “deal” with China is akin to wielding a sledgehammer in surgery — and about as likely to improve the patient outcome. “Phase One” is among his biggest works of destruction, says Andreas Rostek....
Chinese exports to the US have been subject to the Trump tariffs since last July. According to the US President, this is wrecking the Chinese economy but does the Asian power ultimately have more stomach...
Markets were the lead story in October and definitely not a happy one. Instability, Rotation, Fed tightening, Trumpian unorthodoxy, Italian recalcitrance, Brexit ineptitude and, of course, the all-conquering overvalued FAANGs: all of them have contributed...
The US dollar is beginning the new week on a soft note, as China threatens not to accept the invitation for trade talks in Washington if the US imposes new tariffs on $200 bln of...
US President Donald Trump remains focused on reducing the American trade deficit, and Japan may be the next target. An American newspaper cites the president as saying he wants to make Tokyo “pay” for its...
In the wake of US tariffs on steel and aluminum, the EU has made several counter moves and has now raised tariffs of its own on steel imports which exceed quotas based on current levels....
Oil prices have jumped to levels last seen in 2014, after the United States decided to re-impose sanctions on Iran, threatening to tighten global oil markets and likely to derail billions of dollars in business...
On the domestic front, Mr Trump’s undoubted major achievement has been to push ‘yuge’ tax cuts though a Republican Congress without conceding savings on federal spending. This certainly boosted equity prices and it seems many...
After the American announcements, there is more and more talk of a trade war and the spectra of a return to the protectionism of the 1930s. In fact everyone is in a rather uncomfortable position. Donald Trump...
Through Republican and Democrat Administrations, no US president has found that a foreign country’s activities have risen to the level that can be considered manipulation for nearly a quarter of a century. Initially, the law...
Whiplashed? Last weekend, President Trump threatened again to walk away from NAFTA. Within 48 hours, reports suggest he wanted an agreement at next week’s Summit of the America (April 13-14 in Peru). The art of...
