Market Comment
Trump trade waves
Amid all the fighting and bomb dropping recently, the trade dispute issue had taken a back seat. Well fear no longer. Monday night, the US
Nick Booth
July 11, 2025
Amid all the fighting and bomb dropping recently, the trade dispute issue had taken a back seat. Well fear no longer. Monday night, the US
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Markets have chopped around either side of unchanged this week, not unexpected when con-sidering the abbreviated week from the US Memorial Day public holiday. Over
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