D&D Note (5.6.2020) ~ Trade War Fears Bring Markets Down ~ Stocks traded mixed from losses to gains throughout the day expect for the NASDAQ which was up on the day led by Big Cap Tech. In the last hour of trading all three major indices took a leg lower after the President continued his … Continue reading
D&D Note (6.19.2018) ~ Trade War Triggers Algorithms To Sell ~ Last night and through todays session the high frequency trading algorithms got triggered to sell on the news of $200 Billion to $400 Billion in additional tariffs on China on top of the current $50 Billion. Economic data shows that China can only retaliate … Continue reading
D&D Note (6.15.2018) ~ Trade War Resumes ~ It has been a busy week in the markets with the North Korea Summit earlier in the week, the AT&T and Time Warner deal getting approved, Comcast now bidding for FOX assets to rival Disney, the FED rising rates and signaling 4 hikes this year, the ECB … Continue reading
D&D Note (5.22.2018) ~ Trade War On/Off Sends Markets Up/Down ~ #StockMarket Yesterday markets zoomed up on hopes of deescalation of a trade war between China and the US. Today the markets took a dip after comments made by Trump that he is not happy with the trade talks which raised concerns again that we … Continue reading
D&D Note (4.10.2018) ~ Markets Rally On Eased Trade War Concerns ~ A broad based rally was seen in the markets today after the President of China Xi Jinping gave positive open market comments last night to help ease concerns of a Trade War. While Xi did give a few jabs seemingly at Trump and … Continue reading
D&D Note (3.23.2018) ~ China Strikes Back and $1.3 Trillion US Spending Bill Signed ~ China strikes back and responds with $3Billion in Tariffs against US agriculture industry targeting pork, wine and fruit. This is just the beginning of this trade war. In response to the steel and aluminum tariffs these new duties are up … Continue reading
Markets worldwide are under pressure due to the developing trade war. China strikes back with tariffs and we have further White House shakeups ahead of key talks with North Korea. USA Index Futures (11:00pm PST): DOW down -178 points (-0.74%) at 23,785 S&P 500 down -16.75 points (-0.63%) at 2,626.50 NASDAQ down 67.75 points (-1.01%) … Continue reading
D&D Note (3.16.2018) ~ Trade War Fears Still Dominate Markets ~ Markets all week have been under pressure due to the uncertainty surrounding a possible global trade war. Despite the fears and being only a month since the correction investors have flooded the market with new cash this week. This week investors poured $43.3 billion … Continue reading
D&D Note (3.5.2018) ~ Ryan Eases Trade War Fears, DOW Rallies 336 Points ~ Today House Speaker Paul Ryan weighed in on the new proposed tariff’s saying he was “extremely worried” about the trade plan. This counterweight relieved fears of an accelerating trade war and the DOW ripped 336 points on the session. Specifically stocks … Continue reading
D&D Note (3.1.2018) ~ Trade War ~ On what was supposed to be a day highlighted by the FED in front of the Senate, instead we got a bombshell from the POTUS. The administration is going to impose new tariffs on imported steel at 25% and imported aluminum at 10%. One could say we are … Continue reading