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The Trump trade looks like a trap

Short of specifically targeting the magnificent seven, it would be hard for any administration to design a trickier sharemarket environment.

Jonathan Levin

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The Trump trade has dominated equity markets since the November election – sometimes for better and, lately, often for worse.

First, Trump is proposing a combination of tariffs, tax cuts and immigration restrictions that have pushed consumer inflation expectations higher and prompted bond traders to entertain the possibility that the Federal Reserve may have already finished cutting policy rates.

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