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Trade War - SERIES 105 {10 articles}

Trade war fears spook mutual fund investors

9/8/2018, 11:23:47 AM
undefined ✔ A changing interest rate regime and the reversal of quantitative easing has notably affected the appetite for fixed income, said Jonathan Miller, director of manager research ratings in the UK for Morningstar ✔ If the US grows and that creates a bigger economy, it is hard to imagine the stock market could take that badly, he said


Can Trump Win If He Escalates His China Trade War?

9/8/2018, 1:25:00 PM
President Donald Trump is threatening to intensify an ongoing trade war by rolling out tariffs on $267B worth of Chinese exports to the U.S. ✔ Trump later said duties on Chinese imports are justified after decades in which China tilted the playing field, including by devaluing its currency and forcing American companies to share their technology ✔ Some practices are blatant, such as quotas and subsidies for domestic industries (which Trump also accuses China of doing); others are less obvious, such as unusual product specifications, lengthy inspections of goods at entry ports and intricate licensing requirements


Stocks fall again on worries about trade war and interest rates

9/8/2018, 12:14:56 AM
U.S. stock indexes fell Friday after President Trump said he may intensify his trade war with China. And a strong jobs report pushed investors to brace for higher interest rates. ✔ But investors have recently been preparing themselves for a total of four rate increases for 2018 following comments from the Fed ✔ What everyone’s trying to figure out is: At what point do you get the intersection of higher wages pushing into inflation and the Fed starting to get a little more aggressive ✔ Natural gas edged up a fraction of a cent to $2.78 per 1,000 cubic feet


China's record trade surplus with U.S. adds fuel to trade war fire

9/8/2018, 9:18:09 AM
BEIJING--China's trade surplus with the United States widened to a record in August even as the coun ✔ Analysts had expected growth of 18.7 percent, slowing from July's surprisingly high 27.3 percent ✔ But such steps will take time to arrest the economy's slide, and analysts expect the government to unveil more stimulus measures if business conditions continue to deteriorate


Donald Trump threatens $267bn more tariffs on Chinese goods

9/8/2018, 3:39:00 AM
Fresh package is ‘ready to go’ as $200bn batch nears and Apple warns the trade war will make its products more expensive ✔ In a letter to US officials as part of the public consultation on the measures, the company said some of Apple’s Beats headphones and its new HomePod smart speaker would also face levies ✔ Fitness tracker maker Fitbit said it would be hit by tariffs, and chipmaker Intel Corp said the levies could slow down the adoption of 5G networks, the next generation of wireless data technology for phones and other devices


Jack Ma, China’s richest man, leaves Alibaba to go back to teaching

9/8/2018, 12:17:49 AM
Alibaba's co-founder Jack Ma, a former teacher, plans to step down from the $590 billion Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to pursue philanthropy in education. ✔ Under President Xi Jinping, China's internet industry has grown and become more important, prompting the government to tighten its leash ✔ Ma will remain on Alibaba's board of directors and continue to mentor the company's management ✔ Ma turns 54 on Monday, which is also a holiday in China known as Teachers Day


EU ministers battle over proposed tax on 'big tech'

9/8/2018, 1:05:58 PM
EU finance ministers battled Saturday over a controversial proposal to slap a European tax on US tech giants amid rising worries that it is ineffective and protectionist. ✔ 'Sword of Damocles' Work is based on a proposal by the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, that would create a European tax on big tech, based on overall revenue in Europe and not just on profits ✔ But the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a club of rich nations including the US, has so far failed to reach a consensus on the matter


Jack Ma to step down as Alibaba executive chairman

9/8/2018, 5:29:43 AM
undefined ✔ The rise of Alibaba has not been without controversy ✔ Some liken his role to an unofficial soft power ambassador meeting heads of state, talking to packed-out meetings at Davos ✔ Taobao is estimated to have created almost 37m jobs in China, according to a study last year by Renmin University’s School of Labour and Human Resources


Australia urges Donald Trump to rethink tariffs as tensions threaten to hit shoppers

9/8/2018, 11:00:36 AM
The $703 billion conflict between the US and China threatens to impact Australian shoppers who could face price hikes of up to 25 per cent on Apple products. ✔ The $US500 billion escalation would draw in almost all imports from China to the US, inevitably raising the price of many tech products which are heavily reliant on Chinese manufacturers ✔ I think this came down to just pure politics and I don't think people actually stood back from those things and looked at the national interest, she said


The new fear for stock investors is an emerging-market meltdown

9/8/2018, 12:41:57 PM
There is a wildfire blazing across much of the global stock market, and while it has yet to really spread to the U.S., investors are increasingly worried that the positive attributes of the domestic economy will be enough to insulate stocks from the turmoil abroad. ✔ Risk assets are already pricing in significant downside, in our view, said Richard Turnill, BlackRock’s global chief investment strategist ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


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