Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
... market direction to depend on Wall Street's ability to hold onto denial in the accelerating global tariff war coming from the White House. On Friday, U.S. stock markets did a relatively good job at containing the damage. Sure, the talking heads said, the 5%--and...
Market stumbles on trade news
Oil prices are up today with U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate ahead 2.07% to $56.84 a barrel as of 11:30 a.m. in New York. International benchmark Brent crude has gained 2.23% to $66.93 a barrel. Both prices remain below the psychologically important $60 a...
Wall Street sees a Trump administration trade strategy: Let’s all gang up on China
Today Wall Street and trade analysts are saying that they see a grand strategy in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal announced yesterday, in the trade deal with South Korea, and in negotiations with Japan and the European Union. The goal, this analysis says, is to put...
I’m adding Banco Santander Mexico to my Volatility Portfolio on NAFTA deal
I'm moving Mexico and Banco Santander Mexico (BSMX) up from "buy later"--after more of an emerging market bounce from China and South Africa--to a "buy now" on the basis of the announcement on Monday, October 1, of a new trade agreement between the United States,...
Trick or Trend: Is there a NAFTA deal brewing this weekend with Canada (or not)?
Our regular (or occasional or perhaps occasionally regular) Friday series ( actually running on Saturday this week) Trick or Trend looks at what might (or might not) be emerging investible trends. Exclusively on JAM. This post won't run anywhere else. Ever. On Friday...
Asia rally on Mexico-U.S. trade announcement fades
Optimism engendered by yesterdays announcement of a preliminary trade agreement between Mexico and the United States initially drove Asian stock markets higher overnight. The Shanghai Composite, for example, climbed 10 points to 2791 in the first half hour of trading....
White House announces trade deal with Mexico to replace NAFTA
If you're looking for a reason for U.S. stocks to keep climbing from current highs, this morning's event at the White House is a big deal. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. and Mexico have reached a bilateral trade agreement that would replace the 1993...
Saturday Night Quarterback (on a Sunday) says, For the week ahead expect…
... the extremely likely election of populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as president of Mexico to fuel both more worry about emerging markets and the possibility of a global trade war. Voting stations opened in Mexico today at 8 a.m. local time and close at 6 p.m....
Markets today “seem” to say North Korea summit more important than G7 explosion
At 2 p.m. New York time the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index was up 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was ahead 0.22%. And the NASDAQ Composite index had inched higher by 0.27%. Which is surprising given that the Group of 7 meeting ended Saturday with the...
Temporary exemptions done; Trump administration imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on EU, Canada, and Mexico
Just hours before temporary exemptions on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico were due to expire at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, the Trump administration has imposed the 25% and 10% tariffs on those imports originally announced in March. Those countries and other U.S. allies and trading partners had been granted temporary exemptions from the tariffs.
Market shrugs off President Trump’s decision to cancel June 12 North Korea summit
Unless you’re invested in South Korean equities, President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the June 12 summit with North Korea is a non-event in today’s financial markets. The iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (EWY) was indeed down 1.60% as of 3 p.m. New York time, but the wider iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) is off just 0.61% and U.S. indexes are lower by even small amounts with the Standard & Poor’s 500 down 0.18%
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