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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.
Read more →US equity markets crashed on Friday, to close out a week dominated by turbulent trade and tariff warnings. The US announced a further blanket 25% tariff on all Non-US Automakers, which comes into effect the same day as the worldwide ‘reciprocal tariffs’, April the 2nd.
Read more →=Markets were again ruffled by tariffs, as Trump announced a ‘carte blanche’ Auto-Tariff of 25%, effective 2nd of April. This is in line with the introduction of the across-the-board ’reciprocal tariffs’, due for commencement the very same day.
Read more →The UK budget settled markets, if only because it was not as bad as it could have been, cutting welfare spending and increasing defence spending. The deficit spending remains enormous, but in line with expectations, so the bond market gave the budget a C-.
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