XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: bks@panix.com   
      
   Heckuva job, Trumpy:   
    |   
    | Sell America Is the New Trade on Wall Street   
    |   
    | A new investment thesis has spread through global markets   
    | at the start of 2026, as trading strategies long built on   
    | the primacy of the United States now opt for a new   
    | approach: Sell America.   
    |   
    | The sentiment started to take hold in financial circles   
    | after the shock of sky-high tariffs sent stocks and bonds   
    | into a tailspin last April, but it has taken off recently   
    | as the Trump administration has pursued policies like   
    | attacks on the Federal Reserve's independence and threats   
    | of a new trade war with Europe that are worrying investors   
    | anew.   
    |   
    | The "ex-America" trade was a strikingly common theme at New   
    | York Life Investments' global investment meeting earlier   
    | this month, said Lauren Goodwin, an economist at the   
    | company.   
    |   
    | "Our European colleagues were frankly stunned by the   
    | openness that U.S. investors have to diversify away from   
    | the U.S.," she said.   
    | ...   
      
      
       --bks   
      
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