Another day, another retaliatory tariff
Today the Chinese Commerce Ministry announced 25% tariffs on an additional $16 billion in U.S. exports. The tariffs will go into effect on August 23 and target cars, crude oil, medical instruments, natural gas, and coal along with hundreds of other items.. The tariffs...
China stocks bounce big, but there’s reason to think the recovery won’t stick
Stocks in Hong Kong and Shanghai rallied strongly today, Tuesday August 7, after The China Daily, citing an unidentified official at the National Development and Reform Commission, reported that the government would roll out more policies to improve investor appetite...
Saturday Night Quarterback (on a Monday) says, For the week expect…
...a week with much less surface excitement but a big potential market mover under the radar of most investors and traders. Still lots of earnings announcements this week but we're done with the real exciting news from the likes of Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB) and...
Falling Yuan drives proposed U.S. tariff increase on Chinese imports
What's the relationship between the slide in the Chinese yuan--now down 6% since the start of the summer--and the tariff war between the United States and China? The Trump administration clearly believes that the drop in the yuan is a provocation, another example of...
U.S. markets shrug at tariff worries but Asia slumps
U.S. markets shrugged off worries about a more serious U.S.-China tariff war after the Trump administration said it would push ahead with plans to impose 25% tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese imports. That rate is up from an earlier proposal for a 10%...Negotiating ploy or serious plan: Trump administration signals go ahead with tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese goods
On Wednesday President Donald Trump ordered the administration's trade office to consider imposing a 25% tariff on $200 billion in Chinese goods imported into the United States. The previous tariff proposal from the White House would have imposed a 10% tariff. Today...
Stocks bounce higher on news China and U.S. are talking about talking
Representatives of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He are talking about ways to resume the suspended talks on tariffs and trade. There is, so far, no timetable for restarting the talks and there isn't agreement on a list of issues...
Saturday Night Quarterback 1 says, For the week ahead expect…
...two big market-moving possibilities to watch, tariffs and earnings for the big tech leaders. I'll deal with tariffs today and then take up earnings tomorrow. Last week ended with President Donald Trump saying, he's "ready to go" with tariffs on $500 billion of...
Selling Cheniere Energy out of my Jubak Picks portfolio on China trade war
Back when President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping were best buds they announced a deal in principle that would expand Chinese purchases of liquified natural gas from the United States in general and Cheniere Energy (LNG) in particular. I think we can assume...
Trump administration tees up next tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods
The Trump administration has released a new list of $200 billion in Chinese goods that would be subject to higher tariffs as promised in retaliation for Chinese tariffs in retaliation for earlier U.S. tariffs. The new tariffs won't go into effect until the end of...
Trick or trend: Market gains on a trade-war Friday–test ahead!
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 past...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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