Nearly two months before his official inauguration, US President-elect Trump fired the first shot in a new round of tariff wars. On Monday (November 25), Trump posted on the social media platform Truth Social he founded, threatening to swing the tariff “stick” at the two neighboring countries, imposing a 25% tariff on goods imported from […]
The US economy remains robust, and the market expects a “soft landing” of the economy. Inflation data is also close to the target level, but we believe that the market’s expectations for the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rates are too dovish. As the financial environment gradually improves, risk assets may improve. We continue […]
HA VIEWPOINT(94HA.COM): US billionaire Elon Musk’s net worth hit a record high of US$347.8 billion (S$467.1 billion) last Friday (November 22), thanks to the continued rise in Tesla’s share price and the valuation of his artificial intelligence startup xAI reaching US$50 billion in a new round of financing. Bloomberg News reported that since Trump’s victory […]
HA VIEWPOINT(94HA.COM):US President-elect Trump said he would impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods and a 25% tariff on all products entering the US from Mexico and Canada. The US dollar strengthened against all G10 currencies, including the yen, pound and euro, in response to the news. According to Bloomberg, Asian stocks fell after […]
Since its birth, the European Union has undergone seven expansions and has achieved three important transformations in terms of integration, from the European Coal and Steel Community to the European Community and then to the European Union. The above history and reality have made everyone from national leaders to scholars and journalists regard the European […]
This situation of rushing to pursue cryptocurrencies as reserve assets is not without potential risks. As more and more real economy assets and liabilities are denominated in cryptocurrencies, once cryptocurrencies encounter a liquidity crisis, in the absence of a lender of last resort, a large amount of virtual value may disappear. If not handled properly, […]
HA VIEWPOINT(94HA.COM):Trump posted on the social media platform Truth Social, saying that due to the influx of illegal drugs such as narcotics, the United States will impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods. He also said in another post: “On January 20, as one of my first executive orders, I will sign all necessary […]
I had dinner with a friend who came to Singapore from Shanghai. On the weekend night at the Orchard Road shopping mall, there were long queues outside several restaurants. I had to wait for half an hour before I could be seated. My friend lamented that Shanghai’s catering industry had not seen such a scene […]
According to reports from Kiev/Moscow, Ukraine launched Storm Shadow cruise missiles, manufactured in the UK, towards Russia on Wednesday. This move comes after the Ukrainian military was granted permission to use another Western weapon, following the US Army Tactical Missile System, for attacks within Russian territory. Simultaneously, Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missiles for the first […]
Trump’s first-term achievements were made in the context of historically low interest rates and a generally benign geopolitical environment. Two regional wars, growing competition with China, a sluggish global economy, and disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence will all place new demands on Trump’s leadership today. Trump’s landslide victory in the presidential election should have […]
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