NATO: Eastern Europe vs Trumph interest with Putin

The first half of 2018 has been already over. The 3rd quarter has been already rolled out. US equity market is trying to come out from the prolonged tumble since the last month. 1st week of July has shown some positive flow to the Investors as  Equities got a boost from a positive job report in the last week. Federal Reserve also showed that consumer borrowing picked up is up 7.6% which is the fastest pace of credit growth since November and underlines a series of strong data that have underpinned a recent multi day rally for stocks. The report helped divert attention away from the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and its biggest partners.

Since few months US protectionist stance has been seen in various international summits such as North Korea summit, G7 summit and mostly highlighted prolonged US-China talk which directly throws an impact on the Global economy.

Following the recent trend, investors are also keeping eye on upcoming NATO summit which will be held on 11th July in Brussels.

What are NATO and its effect:

NATO summit meetings were once ritualistic events, with the member nations assembling to proclaim that the alliance had never been stronger and pledging to work together on the security issues of the day. In the past, Europe did not doubt that U.S. interests and values were fundamentally aligned with theirs. But in the current scenario, President Trump is more aggressive, less willing to be moderated or guided by his senior staff and cabinet secretaries, more confident, especially after his meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, in his own diplomatic stance. The NATO allies are concern about his ability for off-the-cuff pronouncements, like calling for abandoning sanctions against Russia or suspending NATO military exercises. The planned meeting with Russian President Putin after the NATO summit also added some fuel on the member of nations.

So expect pushback on Trump’s declarations that other members pay their fair share with finger-pointing that Trump is cosying up to the non-NATO leader most feared to have a negative impact in Eastern Europe, looking ahead. Which may also give an impact to the largest Industrial sector, Aerospace and defence sector. 

No one really knows how Trump will act during the summit. But the ongoing relationship with President Trump will keep the other member of nations on the edge which may draw a trade future with NATO members. 

The fact is that Wall Street is heading into the earnings season which is a catalyst for stocks. Major Financial stocks are going to report this week and more to come in upcoming weeks. Investors are expecting a strong and maybe even stronger than the previous one. But the truth is anything from the left side become a headwind for the Global market as well as US Equity market. The market can surprise you with what it’s focused on.
So stay updated with the market sentiments & en-cash it before it gets off the market.

Recent News and US Equity Market

Stock Markets throughout the world have been on a roller-coaster ride in recent few weeks as fears around trade tensions between the U.S. and other major economies escalate. The prolonged trade war wind is still blowing in Global market.

The equity market will remain irregular until trade dilemmas recede and global growth momentum bottoms. But recent Fed and ECB decision came as the current US economy growing good and Fundamentals are pretty good.

In the current scenario, trade policy seems to be a political trade war, the prolonged issues between the US economy and other economies especially China now became the war of word.

let's take a quick look at the recent news.:

Well if one is searching for current news which is currently blowing over wall street that is " Trade war". On few weeks before it was showing some positive news. But the situation has changed when president Trump continues to impose the tariff on Chinese product. U.S. intention to place a 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, including aerospace, information and communication technology, and machinery. The day after the tariff escalated to $100 billion. The investor reacted very quickly on this issue and the US equity market downturn started. Following Trump's announcement, China rolled out retaliatory tariffs on $50 billion worth of US goods and promised to stand firm against the US's actions. Trump also threatened to hit China with a third wave of tariffs, an additional 10% on another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, if China hit back with their own tariffs.

large scale Industrial sectors are getting affected due to the prolonged issue which currently turned into the tit-for-tat spat between the U.S. and its trade partners China.

Tariff on European and Canadian aluminium and steel, along with the threat of retaliatory tariffs from Europe on U.S. products also added the pain on US Equity market. It seems that a protectionist measure which is currently becoming the headwind of the stock market is now reflecting additional tariffs on European cars.

Opec meeting :

The most positive news one was Opec meeting in Viena on 22nd June. OPEC ministers announced a deal that will increase oil supplies from the producer group, which has been capping output in order to balance the market and boost prices for the last 18 months. The agreement came after a week of tense negotiation at OPEC's headquarters in Vienna. Top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia faced the challenge of convincing a handful of reluctant producers including Iran, Iraq and Venezuela to support an output hike. The output came from OPEC meeting boosted up the Energy sector and helped to come out the prolonged tumbling.

The energy sector has been underperforming for the past one month and is down by 5.23% as compared to the benchmark index S&P 500 of +1.36%. So the outcome of this meet was very important as this will drive the energy sector stock.

Much positive news still remains to boost up the US equity market. But investors and trader are giving more concerns on the tariff war. Economists and experts have raised concern that tariffs may slow down the U.S. economy. Now 2nd quarter earnings will start to roll out. So the question will the recent news effect on the result or the GDP will increase because of the president's tax plan and the president's regulatory relief ?

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The road ahead of Wall street:

Global market update

Investors greeted strong economic reports, including a solid jobs data for May which surpassed the expectations. The increase in hiring exceeded the forecast and boosted up the US major indices on last Friday and stocks successfully tried to battle back into positive territory for the week.

Political Turbulence:

The US economy tumbled due to the environment for the past few weeks."The US-China trade talk" made the headline in the Global economic market as well as US stock market. Apart from Trade talks with China, the political drama in Italy, impose tariffs on Aluminum and Steel imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union kept investors on edge on last week.

U.S major indices performance:

The Dow ultimately ended Friday securely in the green and recovered a large mass of Thursday’s losses. However, the blue-chip index ended the week 0.5% lower and remains down around 0.2% for the year to date.
The S&P 500, rose 1.08% on Friday, was still about 140 points off its record peak set in January as concerns about trade frictions reduced many other shares. The NASDAQ composite ended last week at multi-month highs, clearing a recent sideways trend. The tech-heavy index is about 1% away from its intra-day high set on May 13. The small-capitalization stocks heaved to reach an all-time high, to beat the broader market indexes and back to record territory.

US  major indices futures:

The futures of US major indices rose modestly on Sunday night, along with S&P 500 futures and NASDAQ futures, as weekend U.S.-China trade talks ended with little progress.

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Political uncertainty drove the global market as well as US stock market down again as traders reacted to fresh political drama in Italy after a three-day weekend.  All the three major indices of US stock market literally slumped on the last trading sessions.


The recent spectre of a euro crisis that could undulate across the global economy and even pressure the Federal Reserve to slow its rate-hiking plans despite an improved U.S. economy. Concerns about a global credit blight and weak interest rates appeared to weigh on U.S. financial stocks on Tuesday, led the shares of the nation's largest banks to tumble. Citigroup, JPMorgan chase, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs all were down on yesterdays trading session.

Future market:
Italy’s stocks and bonds, as well as the euro, all are in improvement mode as well as US stock futures. Dow Jones futures advanced sharply on Wednesday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, signalling a strong rebound after an immense fall on Tuesday.

The upcoming event today:

1.ADP Inc. employment report for May.
2. GDP Q1 update

US equity markets are largely positive this morning, but political uncertainty still looms.
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