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The Trump White House and US stock market risk

by Matein Khalid | Aug 22, 2017 | The Macro View

Trump’s post Charlottesville remarks, the Barcelona terrorist attacks and Cisco’s results unnerved the US stock market bulls last week. Friday was a surreal moment in the history of Wall Street. It was entirely rational for traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor...

The fallout from the UK election is self-evident

by Matein Khalid | Jun 12, 2017 | The Macro View

Like David Cameron’s Brexit referendum, Theresa May gambled her political career on her decision to hold a snap election to consolidate the Tory majority in the House of Commons. With 318 seats, Mrs May’s gamble backfired and the Tories are now forced to negotiate a...

What Trump’s political scandal means for investors

by Matein Khalid | May 22, 2017 | The Macro View

Image (c) iStockphoto The financial markets have finally cottoned on to the increasingly sordid political realities created by the Trump White House. Trump could well be impeached for obstruction of justice if he tried to pressure FBI Director James Comey to drop an...