Donald Trump levies reciprocal tariffs: Gold, silver bullion among top 50 exempt items. Full list here

Donald Trump levies reciprocal tariffs: Gold, silver bullion among top 50 exempt items. Full list here

US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on India, China, and several other countries in the wee hours of Thursday morning, sending the global markets into a tizzy. While announcing the tariffs, the White House said that the non-tariff barriers also deprive the American manufacturers of reciprocal access to markets globally. 

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Gold hedging position strengthened due to inflation fears

Trump’s tariff plans and their potential economic fallout are driving gold’s strength as a safe-haven asset, with prices reaching record highs. Market uncertainty fueled by steel, aluminum, and Chinese import tariffs, coupled with declining US consumer sentiment and rising inflation expectations, has bolstered gold’s appeal.

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Gold investors await Trump tariff plan

Trump tax cuts come at the right time for stocks. Further ahead, it gets murky.

For stock markets, the short-term and long-term outcomes of the “Trump trade” won’t necessarily be the same.

Donald Trump’s victory

So far, President-elect Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday has been positively received by investors, as was the case in 2016. The S&P 500 rose 2.5% to a record close Wednesday, buoyed by Trump’s stated intentions to, among other tax cuts, take the corporate-tax rate from 21% to 15% for companies that manufacture in the U.S.

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