XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 10:51:30 -0000 (UTC), bks@panix.com (Bradley K.   
   Sherman) wrote:   
      
   >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   
      
   Well there's a lot of words that say absolutely nothing.  Oh and no   
   evidence to back up the nonsense either.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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