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Amanda Cooper
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🌞Morning! A bit more stability creeping into markets today, especially as bonds have regained some composure.
📉Stocks are still edging lower
🪙Gold is up
🧟VIX is toying with the 19/20 level
And there's still #Trump due to arrive in #Davos in a few hours
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www.reuters.com/business/dav...
🐲 EXCLUSIVE: #Starmer is set to make the first visit to #China by a British leader since 2018
🎶"I can tell that we are going to be friends"
www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
💵The dollar is selling off against major currencies as investors stage a mini "Sell America" moment. Bessent says it's all "media hysteria" and yet:
💶Euro set for biggest 1D rise since Sept
⛰️Swissie set for biggest 3-day rally since April 2025
💷Pound heading for $1.35
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
🤔The US: (Jan 2026) "UK Chagos deal with Mauritius 'stupid' and 'weak''"
🤯Also the US: (May 2025) "The Trump Administration determined that this agreement secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation of the joint US/UK military facility at Diego Garcia"
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
🌮Morning! Markets are enjoying the taste of TACOs today, after #Trump backs down on #tariffs and #Greenland. No detail yet on the agreement over the concepts of a plan for a framework but:
📈Futures and USD are up
🪙Gold a touch softer
⚠️Stocks/USD haven't gone back to where they were on Friday
