CAD & MXN hit by Trump’s tariff announcement, US futures impacted but are back in the green; FOMC minutes ahead
Good morning USA traders, hope your day is off to a great start! Here are the top
5Â things you need to know for today’s market.
Trump announced he is to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all products and will charge China ‘an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs’.
European bourses in the red on the above, US futures initially pressured but have since made their way back to unchanged/marginally firmer
USD began on the back foot but has since retreated markedly, JPY outperforms while CAD is the G10 laggard
Fixed benchmarks in the red pulling back from Monday’s gains though did see a shortlived move higher on the tariff announcement
Crude firmer but action modest after recent ceasefire related pressure; Israel’s Cabinet set to meet at 15:30GMT/10:30EST to discuss this
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
Any speculation that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would adopt a ‘softly, softly’ approach to his trade and economic policies was jolted overnight as he warned of immediate tariff hikes on Canada, Mexico and China – hitting the currencies of all three.
Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said he would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico on day one until these countries clamp down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and undocumented migrants crossing the border. The move would appear to violate a free-trade deal with both countries that he negotiated during his first White House term.
If traders were taking Trump’s tariffs threats seriously then bonds would get hit on inflation concerns… so far this has not been the case (US 10 year last at 4.291%)
Bonds yields so far not giving any clues in a market where position adjustments rather than taking on fresh risk is typical of the US Thanksgiving holiday week.
I just closed sell side positions of EurJpy, EurUsd, AudUsd, UsdSingapore, and a buy side UsdChf right here, and a sell EurGbp all in the money.  These levels as I type are areas where I believe there may be adjustment flows and so it is back to a game of patience. Prefer buy side of US Dollar and the sell side of everything else so a matter of waiting for these markets to rebalance a bit.
Had a sell USdPeso but did not fill, not confident we see decent re-entry levels until tomorrow.
This article is worth revisitimg during this US holiday thinned week
Time should be a factor you consider when trading and when ignored, it will leave you at the mercy of the market. What I mean by that is that you can put yourself in a position where your options are to take on more risk than you are willing to take if you ignore the time factor when trading.