Trump’s new round of China tariffs freaks out financial–especially bond–markets
So much for any hopes that the resumption of U.S-China trade talks would put an end to the tariff war in anything like the near term. The new round of talks only began on Wednesday, was adjourned after a day, and was scheduled to resume in Washington in September....
President Trump bashes China as trade talks resume
At the least the timing seems odd. Unless, of course, you believe, as President Donald Trump may, that China and its President Xi Jinping can be bullied into a trade deal. Speaking with reporters outside the White House as he headed for Jamestown, Virginia, Trump...
Caterpillar earnings miss big, drag on industrials and Dow
Caterpillar (CAT) reported second quarter earnings this morning of $2.83 a share, well below the $3.11 a share expected by Wall Street analysts. And then, to make the future as grim as the present, Caterpillar rearmed its earnings guidance for the fiscal 2019 year of...
President’s remarks remind markets there’s still a trade war going on
At a cabinet meeting today President Donald Trump wanted to remind everyone that he could still impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports if he wants. The President also expressed impatience that the truce in the trade war with China hadn't yet resulted in a pickup...
Changes in China’s trade talks team likely mean deal, if any, later rather than sooner
For this new round of U.S.-China trade talks--with no schedule for the first meeting yet in place--the Chinese have shaken up with negotiating team by adding Commerce Minister Zhong Shan, regarded by some White House officials as a hard-liner, to Chinese Vice Premier...
Well at least they didn’t lose the phone numbers–U.S. and China trade negotiators speak by phone
Still no schedule for a resumption of face-to-face trade talks more than 10 days since President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping agreed to resume trade talks the Osaka G20 meeting. But the two sides did talk by phone on Tuesday. No mention yet of a time table...
Saturday Night Quarterback says (on a Sunday), For the week ahead expect…
... all attention to be on what the Federal Reserve says on Wednesday, June 19, after the meeting of its rate-setting Open Market Committee. Nobody on Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at the June meeting--expectations are high for a July...
With Mexico tariff controversy still alive, President Trump threatens China on tariffs again
President Donald Trump continues to claim that there are unannounced side agreements to the deal between the United States and Mexico that ended, for the moment, the threat of escalating U.S. tariffs on Mexican imports. In one of those side agreements, according to...
Adding Grupo Aeroportuario del PacÃfico to my Dividend Portfolio on Monday
Now that President Donald Trump's tariff threat isn't hanging over the Mexican economy (for the moment, anyway), I'm adding Grupo Aeroportuario del PacÃfico (PAC) to my Dividend Portfolio on Monday. The shares of Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, which operates five...
U.S. markets counting on visit from Goldilocks tomorrow
Tomorrow, Friday, June 7, brings the May jobs report. Right now economists surveyed by Bloomberg are looking for the economy to add a robust 175,000 jobs with unemployment holding steady at 3.6% (as 49-year low) and average hourly wages growing at a very positive 3.2%...
Stocks gallup higher as Fed chair affirms Powell Put
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said today that the Fed will do whatever it takes to keep the U.S.economy chugging higher--including a near-term cut in interest rates if needed to offset the negative effects of President Donald Trump's trade and tariff wars. I see...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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