Stocks fell victim to heightened fears
about potential trade wars, exacerbated by a more strident tone from Trump administration officials today and an apparent lack of concern about the difficulties heaped upon the stock market by the heated trade rhetoric between the U.S. and China.
«Global investors are also concerned
about potential trade wars... which is stirring up some risk - aversion trade, so that, in turn, is supporting gold,» said Richard Xu, a fund manager at China's biggest gold exchange - traded fund, HuaAn Gold.
In the face of a continuous stream of headlines
about a potential trade war between the United States and China, one technology CEO has called for collaboration between the world's two largest economies.
Of course, some of the rise could be also be attributable to the general market optimism on Tuesday after China appeared more conciliatory
about a potential trade war.
Investors worried
about a potential trade war should look at Boeing and Raytheon as their trade - war exposure is low, Tom Lee says.
Muse is generally upbeat about the semiconductor sector and thinks concerns
about a potential trade war's effect on the industry are «overblown.»
Even though investors seemed to lose momentum toward the end of the session on Monday, positive comments from Chinese officials succeeded in easing fears
about a potential trade war, and that helped refocus most market participants on the impending start to earnings season.
The stock market has been jittery during the past couple weeks due to concerns
about a potential trade war brewing... More
Although the rhetoric has been heated on both sides as President Trump and President Xi trade threats about various tariffs and taxes to potentially be imposed on each other's respective countries, Chinese real estate investors do not seem to be too worried
about a potential trade war and its effects on their U.S. investments.
Not exact matches
And, when asked
about the impact of
potential trade war escalation, Cook seemed surprisingly sanguine
about the state of U.S. - China relations.
There was some concerns
about the
potential for
trade wars and the U.S. administrations hard line on China.
«While markets seem not to be concerned right now
about any impending
trade war, we have a lot to be worried
about when it comes to that
potential,» she said.
Duvvuri Subbarao, former governor at the Reserve Bank of India, speaks
about how a
potential trade war will impact the world's second most populous nation.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, who did not sign the Committee's letter, this week said he was «extremely worried «
about the consequences of a
potential trade war.
New York's real estate industry has plenty to worry
about in early 2018, from rising interest rates to
trade wars and a
potential cyclical downturn.
Investors are concerned
about the negative implications of a
potential trade war, the effect of privacy breaches at social media companies, and the magnitude of Federal Reserve (Fed) rate increases in 2018.
In this politics day edition of River to River we talk
about the
potential political fallout of the brewing
trade war between the U.S. and China.