22 December 2024

Tag: Trump

The IMF suddenly got very gloomy: what does that mean for the price of gold?

Today, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a statement predicting that the global economy will take a $12 trillion hit from the Covid-19 pandemic. $12 trillion is 60% the size of the U.S. economy – or $1,500 for every man, woman and child on the planet. The 189-country organisation says it will take a minimum…

25 June 2020
Friday Recap: Don’t Price in WW3, Fed Minutes, and Tesla “Deliveries”

Fed Minutes The Federal Reserve released its minutes for the December meeting, and here are the key takeaways: The overarching tone of Fed minutes is that members are on the same page regarding policy. However, futures market data seems to have already priced in optimism for one more rate cut by the end of the…

4 January 2020
Thursday Recap: Buy the Rumour, Sell the News

There we go. It’s here. President Donald Trump agreed to a phase-one trade deal with China, averting the Dec 15 introduction of new tariffs on $160 billion worth of Chinese goods.

13 December 2019
Wednesday Recap: Fed Gets the Devil’s Advocate

Stocks Fall, Stocks Rise US and China are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that will be rolled back the phase-one deal, despite tensions over Hong Kong and Xinjiang. You can almost know for certain that you will never know for certain when it comes to Trump. Insider sources suggested that the…

5 December 2019
Tuesday Recap: No Deadline for Tariff Man

“No Deadline” for Tariff Man Stocks dropped and bonds rallied in global markets shortly after President Trump fired his tariff weapon to France and Latin American Countries yesterday, and announced today that there is “no deadline” for reaching a trade deal with China. He added that he liked “the idea of waiting until after the…

4 December 2019
Monday Recap: The Tariff Man Returns

Return of the Tariff Man Thanksgiving is over, and tariff man strikes again! This time: the victim is France. The US proposed tariffs on some $2.4 billion in French products, a response to a tax on digital revenues in France that hits large American tech companies including Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook. “France’s digital services…

3 December 2019
Tuesday Recap: Dell, Best Buy, and China’s Slowdown

Dell Earnings The firm reported third-quarter earnings today that beat estimates for earnings per share, but fell short of meeting the street’s revenue expectations. Here are the stats: Shares traded down in aftermarket trading as the firm cut its FY2020 sales forecast. It’s not that surprising because if a firm is reducing its own expectations…

27 November 2019
Triggered: Trump Jr. is right: liberals are full of hatred – here’s how to invest in it

U.S President Donald Trump has five children. One of them, Donald Trump Jr., just wrote a book called “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate.” Trump Jr. was a frequent guest-judge on his father’s reality TV show, The Apprentice, and he’s now V.P of the Trump Organization, alongside his siblings Ivanka and Eric. The thesis…

26 November 2019
Tuesday Recap: Carl Icahn’s Big Short

Carl Icahn’s Big Short Billionaire Carl Icahn is betting against mall owners. He thinks they will be unable to service their debt. A lot many traders have made the same bet and lost millions of dollars, but it’s not something that’s stopping Icahn anytime soon. Icahn stands to gain as much as $400 million if…

21 November 2019
Monday Recap: Cracks in the Canadian Economy, Aramco IPO, Powell Meets Trump

Aramco IPO Oil giant Aramco is gearing up for a valuation between $1.6 – $1.7 trillion for its initial public offering. While this is short of the initial $2 trillion mark the crown prince hoped for, it still boasts the world’s largest IPO offering. The firm released a statement on Sunday aiming that it had…

19 November 2019