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One up on Trump!

Staying Ahead of market

May 04, 2025
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April 2, 2025: Trump announced a sweeping set of "reciprocal tariffs" during a "Liberation Day" event at the White House, including a 10% baseline tariff on nearly all foreign imports (effective April 5, 2025) and higher reciprocal tariffs on countries with significant trade deficits with the U.S., such as a 34% tariff on China, 20% on the European Union, 24% on Japan, and others. These tariffs were aimed at addressing trade imbalances and protecting American manufacturing.

US stock markets had their historic single biggest day declines post covid decline in 2020

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On April 9, 2025: Trump did a U-turn announced a 90-day pause on the higher reciprocal tariffs for all countries except China, which faced a 104% tariff (effective April 9, 2025) due to its retaliatory actions. He also ordered the end of the "de minimis" exemption for low-value goods from China and Hong Kong, effective May 1, 2025.

The recovery was swift V shaped too

However what if I told a simple system that we use alerted us exit two weeks before the event ?

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