Morning Bid: Markets becoming numb to tariff vows
  • February 18, 2025

Morning Bid: Markets becoming numb to tariff vows

U.S. President Donald Trump said sectoral tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductor chips would start at "25% or higher, and it will go very substantially higher over the course of a year." Trump, the self-declared "tariff man," had been telegraphing his intentions of imposing tariffs for months, so some of the news may have been priced in.

JPMorgan Upgrades Singapore Stocks to Overweight After Budget
  • February 18, 2025

JPMorgan Upgrades Singapore Stocks to Overweight After Budget

(Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. has upgraded Singapore stocks to overweight, citing government support to the market, high dividend yields, and fiscal room to cushion the impact of an external slowdown.Most Read from BloombergWhy Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Housing CrisisPor qué Barcelona compró el edificio que simboliza su crisis inmobiliariaTrump Child Refugee Agency Shares Data With Immigration EnforcersA Filmmaker’s Surreal Journey Into His Own Private Winnipeg“We b

Carson Block Stays Away From Chinese Stocks’ Widening Rebound
  • February 18, 2025

Carson Block Stays Away From Chinese Stocks’ Widening Rebound

(Bloomberg) -- Carson Block, a longtime China skeptic, is giving the nation’s current stock market rally a miss, citing unreliability in corporate accounting and geopolitical risks.Most Read from BloombergWhy Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Housing CrisisPor qué Barcelona compró el edificio que simboliza su crisis inmobiliariaTrump Child Refugee Agency Shares Data With Immigration EnforcersA Filmmaker’s Surreal Journey Into His Own Private Winnipeg“What I’ve been banging the dr

China Revamps Power Market Rules In Challenge to Renewables Boom
  • February 18, 2025

China Revamps Power Market Rules In Challenge to Renewables Boom

(Bloomberg) -- China’s unprecedented boom in renewable energy is facing a fresh challenge from government rules that will allow market forces to determine the price of new wind and solar power.Most Read from BloombergWhy Barcelona Bought the Building That Symbolizes Its Housing CrisisPor qué Barcelona compró el edificio que simboliza su crisis inmobiliariaTrump Child Refugee Agency Shares Data With Immigration EnforcersA Filmmaker’s Surreal Journey Into His Own Private WinnipegThe mandate from J