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A week of intense volatility came to a close Friday, with gains on US stock markets, looking to recover the lost ground from ’Liberation Day’. The massive losses sustained by global bourse, following the imposition of global tariffs by the Trump administration, is quickly being recuperated.
Read more →US equity markets roared back overnight, with massive gains across all of the bourse. Trump announced a temporary pause on ‘reciprocal tariffs’, while negotiations are under way, with 70-odd Countries. The relief from markets was manifest, with an explosion upwards in the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P.
Read more →Markets stabilised overnight, with the news that more than 70 Countries have approached the US, with a view to resolving the trade war. Countries are offering to balance the trade deficits with the US, but more importantly, fixing the cause of the trade imbalance.
Read more →Global equity market turmoil continued when markets opened the week’s trading. Asian equity markets suffered, in particular, with Hong Kong losing more than 13% and Japan and China losing over 7%.
Read more →Markets were on the verge of collapse by the close of trade Friday. US equities were smashed and the tech-heavy NASDAQ crashed into ‘Bear Market’ territory. The US Dollar had been savaged, in trade on Thursday, but recovered sharply to close on Friday.
Read more →Global equity markets collapsed overnight, with the shock of ‘Liberation Day, that tariffs materialised and were now a reality. Equities across Asia, Europe and the US crashed. The reaction was predictable, with many forecasting an extended global trade war and surging inflation.
Read more →Today is ‘D-Day’, or as Trump labels it, ‘Liberation Day’, for the world and global trade. It will be announced exactly what are the tariffs that will be imposed on the ‘reciprocal’ tariff front, 25% Non-US Auto tariffs and perhaps any leniency?
Read more →European markets recovered some of the previous day’s losses on equity markets, as they await ‘Liberation Day’. The incoming tariffs, if not ‘lenient’, will be a massive shock to global trade.
Read more →‘Liberation Day’ is upon us and markets are reacting accordingly. European bourses are crashing in the face of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’, which is the day (April 2nd), that all of the US tariffs come into effect.
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