For Baffled Wall Street, Trump Markets Are ‘Weirder’ Than the 2008 Crisis

(Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s trying to win a trade war, so don’t talk to him about 600 points in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But for traders coping with the price impact of his tirades, it’s all they want to talk about.Days like Friday are creating stress in the trenches. A decade ago, Max Gokhman
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Canopy stock to get boost from Canada’s ‘2.0 market’ in pot: Analyst

“The Canadian space is about to gain a fair amount of pricing power, in our view, as the 2.0 market opens up late this year,” the analyst says.
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Gold Rally Just Got What Traders Said It Needed: a New Catalyst

(Bloomberg) — Just when it looked like gold’s rally was starting to founder, the Federal Reserve and an escalation in the U.S.-China trade fracas have given the metal new life.Gold, which had been headed for a weekly loss Friday morning, closed at a fresh six-year high after the U.S.-China trade fight
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‘There’s more room to fall’ in this market, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel warns

“I would love this to be clarified. We come to a deal on trade, boy, this market is up 10 to 15%, but without it’s going to be worrisome,” Jeremy Siegel says.
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IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath: It’s harder to find bright spots in global economy

“As the year is progressing, it’s getting harder to find those bright spots,” Gita Gopinath tells CNBC.
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