Optimism was turbocharged on Wall Street this week, with good economic data and a US tariff deal with Vietnam all being positively reinforced by President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) passing through both the Senate and House of Reps.
Here’s a question I’m often asked by subscribers and friends, and it goes something like this: “How can you invest a recently received windfall of $100,000?”
Donald Trump remains the human curveball that can make or break stocks. This week’s gains were helped by his surprise bombings of Iran and the truce between the warring parties in the Middle East. All of this was then helped by news that the President’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said July 9 was not a “critical” deadline date for tariffs to be imposed of the USA’s trading partners. TACOs, anyone?
For the short term, buckle up your financial seat belts because headlines and our portfolios are bound to be negative. And here’s why…
After a week when the Israel-Iran war has taken centre stage and the fear that President Trump could defy his own pre-election promises about avoiding taking the US into war, stocks have defied volatility.
With the black cloud of an Israel-Iran battle hanging over stock markets and the ever-worrying potential of hurricane Trump ready to blow an ill-wind for share players, it’s time to consider a defensive play and become income oriented.
Just when Donald Trump-v-China on the trade battlefield was giving Wall Street and other global markets optimism and higher stock prices
Today while celebrating the King’s birthday, I turn my focus to what many consider a global king of the banks! The rise of CBA’s share price has shocked many expert market players, including fund managers and stockbrokers. Will this seemingly unstoppable rise turn into a big sell off soon?
US markets were up strongly overnight, despite human headline Donald Trump who began an all-out fallout with his once close compatriot, Elon Musk - the man who would usurp him and dropped an Epstein-sized bomb on his way out of Washington this week.
Here are my answers to two questions I received from Switzer Report subscribers.
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