Quote: The leading global economies just found out that they now live in a different world: That of Donald Trump.
At a meeting of policymakers from the Group of 20 major economies around the world on Friday and Saturday (March 17 & 18 2017), they were forced to drop their long-standing commitment “to resist all kinds of protectionism” in their communiqué because of U.S. opposition. No one is sure what comes next. Source: politico.eu/article/trump-blows-up-g20-trade-consensus/
The G20 meeting is held in Hamburg on Juli 7-8 2017. This is an other issue to bring down stockmarkets in the second half of 2017 and it´s time to focus on this even stockmarkets before might go higher to new multi year or all time highs.
MAR 23 2017: The story behind the upcoming G20 meeting. Traders shoud ignore this until it matters.
Quote: The Wall Street Journal EU trade official warns talks with U.S. are in ‘deep freeze’
TORONTO — The European Union’s chief trade official said Monday the Trump administration is sending “worrying signals” on trade, arguing that erecting barriers to global commerce threatens to kill jobs and raise prices for consumers in both developed and emerging economies. In remarks in Toronto, Cecilia Malmström said the EU is seeking to bolster trade ties with partners like Canada, with which the bloc reached a trade pact last fall. By contrast, Malmström said the EU’s free trade talks with the U.S. are in a “deep freeze” as the Trump Administration seeks bilateral trade deals as opposed to multilateral or regional ones. Source: marketwatch.com/story/eu-trade-official-warns-talks-with-us-are-in-deep-freeze-2017-03-20?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigchartsSwissView3 days ago
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MAR 24 2017: The story behind the upcoming G20 meeting. Traders shoud ignore this until it matters.
MAR 28 2017: JPMorgan: A Le Pen loss will be a win for European equities
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If far right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen loses the election, it will spur a "significant" surge of inflows into European stocks, JPMorgan said in a note Monday.
How significant?
JPMorgan estimated that a Le Pen loss will see at least 10 percent of assets under management flow back into the region's stock markets. It noted that since the beginning of 2016, around $100 billion has flowed out of the segment, according to EPFR data, marking up a loss of nearly 10 percent of assets under management. "We believe that these flows at least could come back into the region, should political uncertainty fade, in addition to any potential new net inflows," JPMorgan said. Some opinion polls have shown that Le Pen, leader of the far right, anti-European Union, anti-immigrant National Front party, could be a top pick in the first round of voting in France's presidential election on April 23. A healthy majority of analysts and experts believe Le Pen, who wants to pull France out of the euro zone, won't win the second round of voting on May 7 if she makes it past the first. But fears abound over a potential dark horse Le Pen victory, in line with political surprises such as Brexit and Donald Trump's U.S. presidential win. That's spurred concerns of a potential French exit from the euro azone, dubbed Frexit, and even a possible breakup of the bloc. While JPMorgan noted that any "Le Pen loss" lap of inflows was likely to boost the euro, it didn't expect that would weigh on European stocks, which have benefited from a weaker currency. "We think a stronger euro would not be an impediment for regional equities and, in fact, believe the euro will turn positively correlated to euro zone equities, no matter the election outcome," it said. It noted that the euro is typically seen as a vote of confidence in the region. Quote: cnbc.com/2017/03/28/jpmorgan-a-le-pen-loss-will-be-a-win-for-european-equities.html
Now keep your Attention to this Issue: . . And ask yourself: Why is Donald Trump getting aggressive to issues like "China", Mexiko or Immigrants if ever he getting under serious pressure about the Trump/Flynn/Russia/U.S. Election?
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APR 01 2017: Fear Indicator Mexican Peso
The Mexican Peso ist the most perfect Indicator to follow up how "storng" Donald Trump is (as US-President).
From the European and Mexican point of view is any "Trump weakness" long term extremly positiv. Maybe any Flynn testimony might cause a short term sell off - but long term Traders and Investors needs to keep in mind that this bullmarket is based on strong economic fundamentals and even not on Donald Trump. Donald Trump is still fighting against globalisation. If ever he might be forced to resign stockmarkets will go up.
The logic could be, that any impeachment could cause shortterm huge selling pressure especially to US-Stockmarkets. But keep in mind to check at times the Mexican Peso what signal we might get from here.
APR 03 2017: 'Not natural friends': Trump, Xi will be 'odd couple' at first summit
Some White House aides believe Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner could be an influential moderating voice on how he handles Xi in their talks on Thursday and Friday. Contacts between Kushner and China’s U.S. envoy helped smooth the way for the meeting, according to current and former U.S. officials. Even so, what worries the protocol-conscious Chinese more than policy clashes is the risk that the unpredictable Trump could publicly embarrass Xi, after several foreign leaders experienced awkward moments with the new U.S. president. "Ensuring President Xi does not lose face is a top priority for China,” a Chinese official said. Source: investing.com/news/politics-news/'not-natural-friends':-trump,-xi-will-be-'odd-couple'-at-first-summit-470970
APR 05 2017 - Experts say China has been prepping its economy for Trump-Xi meeting Quote: "We think that the compromise could take the form of Chinese investments in the U.S. creating jobs — this is already underway and more about framing," Mizuho said in a note Tuesday. "What's more, China could open more sectors to U.S. firms and will rehash openness to high-tech U.S. imports as well as services trade as quid pro quo," the note added. Source: cnbc.com/2017/04/04/experts-say-china-has-been-prepping-its-economy-for-trump-xi-meeting.html
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APR 05 2017 - Quote: Trump to speak with Germany's Merkel, Japan's Abe: White House WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement that gave no other details. The scheduled telephone calls come as a senior ally of Merkel earlier on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly seal a trade deal with the European Union. Source: investing.com/news/politics-news/trump-to-speak-with-germany's-merkel,-japan's-abe:-white-house-471664
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APR 05 2017 - Quote: In reversal, Bannon removed from National Security Council (CNN)Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief strategist, has been removed from his permanent seat at the National Security Council, multiple sources tell CNN, moving the council into a more traditional format. The decision, which one source with knowledge said was made by Trump himself, comes after the President in January authorized the reorganization of the National Security Council to include Bannon as a permanent member of the panel. Source: edition.cnn.com/2017/04/05/politics/steve-bannon-white-house-national-security-council/index.html
APR 10 2017 - Opinion: Trump, May show surprising tilt toward pragmatism Quote: Instead of acrimony and tantrums, we got cooperation and compromise ... However, in the past few days, the U.S. and British leaders have shown they are perfectly capable of reasonable policies designed around compromise rather than confrontation. ... ... The president carried out what appears to have been another valuable service by removing his top aide Steve Bannon from the White House National Security Council, where the former head of right-wing website Breitbart News had seemed out of place. ... .... In a retreat from “no-holds-barred” Brexit orthodoxy, Britain has said it would abide by some rules — including free movement of citizens — during a transition in which new regulations are being phased in. On a visit to Saudi Arabia last week, May attuned her EU dictum to Realpolitik principles, accepting that no full trade deal can be concluded until after the U.K. leaves and conceding that immigration from the EU could continue until after the next British election in 2020. ... Source: marketwatch.com/story/trump-may-show-surprising-tilt-toward-pragmatism-2017-04-10?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts
APR 17 2017 - Wall Street banker Cohn moving Trump toward moderate policies WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - In a White House marked by infighting, top economic aide Gary Cohn, a Democrat and former Goldman Sachs banker, is muscling aside some of President Donald Trump's hard-right advisers to push more moderate, business-friendly economic policies. Source: reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-missile-idUSKBN17H0NL
APR 17 2017 - China has more options to press North Korea than people think, says former CIA China analyst China has more options to press North Korea than people think, says former CIA China analyst
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APR 17 2017 - Border Adjustment TAX maybe never to come:
Quote: Supporters of the border-adjustment provision point out that it would raise $1 trillion in revenue that could be used to help pay for lowering tax rates. Mnuchin told the Financial Times that there are other ways that the White House could raise $1 trillion but that the border-adjustment proposal is not "off the table." Source: thehill.com/policy/finance/329159-mnuchin-tax-reform-before-august-highly-aggressive-to-not-realistic
Qoute: Trump ends overseas charm offensive in Italy with G7 meeting after lecturing world leaders at NATO summit – as he vows North Korean aggression 'will be solved, you can bet on that'
G7 summit begins Friday in Taormina, Italy, on the island of Sicily Follows a tense NATO meeting where Trump lectured Europe about dues-paying and terror-fighting President met with Shinzo Abe of Japan and assured reporters that the North Korean problem 'will be solved' Trump began his 9-day trip as a rock star in Saudi Arabia but risks losing his momentum during meetings with liberal Europe White House cuts off contact for the day with its press pool after officials contradict each other on whether Trump called Germany 'bad, very bad' Trump trolls journalists, telling them: 'Great win in Montana' – a reference a violent Republican's victory in a special-election seen as a referendum on his leadership Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4544536/Trump-ends-charm-offensive-Italy-G7-meeting.html
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Trump's tweet tirade against Germany could backfire on US Trump's tweets follow a series of summit meetings with European leaders that reportedly included similar complaints about Germany's trade policy and NATO contributions. The president's stance drew a sharp response from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who voiced doubts about the reliability of the United States as an ally. cnbc.com/2017/05/30/trumps-tweet-tirade-against-germany-could-backfire-on-us.html
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Here's why the gusher of billions into European stocks should continue Political risks in Europe still exist, but analysts point to recent figures that suggest the euro zone economy is growing at its fastest rate in years, much faster than the U.S. economy. European focused, U.S.-based domiciled funds alone saw net inflows of $4.2 billion in May, bringing total net flows year-to-date to $9.2 billion. So far this year investors moved $13.7 billion to European funds. cnbc.com/2017/05/30/heres-why-the-gusher-of-billions-into-european-stocks-should-continue.html
Comment: Playing games: If ever Russia shot down a US warplane at, before or after the G20 summit all 18 (western) of the G20 Nations are forced to back Donald Trump. Win win situation for both Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin facing growing opposition at home. nytimes.com/2017/06/19/world/middleeast/russia-syria.html?_r=0
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Jamie Dimon blows up at DC's dysfunction, says he's tired of 'listening to the stupid s---'