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  The “Sell America Trade” Trading Strategy What Is the “Sell America Trade”? The “Sell America Trade” is not a traditional trading strategy. Instead, it represents a herd-like global investor reaction to political, fiscal, or economic developments that undermine confidence in the U.S. economy. When this trade emerges, global capital reduces exposure to U.S. assets and reallocates toward non-U.S. markets, commodities, and precious metals. How the Sell America Trade Shows Up in Markets Capital outflows from the U.S. typically appear across multiple asset classes at the same time: U.S. stocks weaken U.S. dollar declines U.S. Treasuries sell off, pushing yields…

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The Japanese Yen (JPY) underperformed while government bonds plunged following Prime Minister Takaichi’s announcement of a snap election and a pro-stimulus agenda including a two-year food tax break, BBH FX analysts report. Japan election sparks market worries over stimulus”JPY is underperforming and JGBs plunged on concerns over a further loosening of Japan’s fiscal discipline. Yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi confirmed plans to dissolve the lower house of parliament on January 23, with official campaigning to start on January 27 and voting on February 8. In parallel, Takaichi reinforced her already pro-stimulus agenda by pledging a two-year break on Japan’s…

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Forex and other leveraged markets offer enormous profit potential thanks to deep liquidity, round-the-clock trading, high leverage, and easy access for retail traders. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, now trading 24/7, the temptation has grown even stronger for aggressive traders looking for fast returns. But despite all this opportunity, many traders unintentionally sabotage themselves. Whether due to overconfidence, lack of preparation, or pure emotion, certain habits consistently lead traders straight into unnecessary losses. Below are the most common, and often most painful, mistakes that retail traders make, and how to avoid falling into these costly traps. Taking Positions That Are…

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Neither S&P 500 nor Nasdaq could challenge Thursday‘s highs – opportunity to sell was acted upon right off the opening bell. Both decent intraday recoveries failed, and the indices closed on a risk-off mode – taking risk down was visible in the leader Russell 2000 as well.

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Highlights include US PCE, BoJ, China Activity Data, Flash PMIs, and Inflation from the UK, Japan and Canada   Marketwatch MON: US Holiday (MLK Day), Eurogroup Summit; EZ Final HICP (Dec), Canadian CPI (Dec), Chinese GDP (Q4), US Leading index (Oct), Housing Starts/Building Permits (Oct), Philadelphia Fed (Jan), New Home Sales (Nov), Australian Flash PMIs (Jan) TUE: PBoC LPR, EU Economic & Financial Affairs Council, UK Unemployment Rate & Average Earnings (Nov), Swiss Producer Prices (Dec), German ZEW (Jan), French & German Flash PMIs (Jan) WED: IEA OMR; UK CPI (Dec) THU: ECB Minutes (Dec), Norges Bank Policy Announcement, CBRT…

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