“特朗普交易”这一概念在特朗普2016年首次赢得总统大选后开始流行，随后美股和美元飙升——这与本月大选后的情况类似。与8年前的情况类似的情况还有，受到监管将放松的预期的提振，银行股是上涨最快的板块之一，而小盘股则因对减税和投资相关政策承诺的乐观情绪而大幅上涨。更广泛地说，这些举动表明，投资者对特朗普政府刺激经济增长和企业利润的政策抱有信心。Stocks, csi enterprise bonds, and other assets have appeared expensive relative to historical levels. Trump's trade protectionism policies may lead to a resurgence of inflation and force the Federal Reserve to maintain high interest rates for a longer period. Additionally, the usa economy is facing an expanding fiscal deficit and a weakening labor market, which may put pressure on economic growth prospects.
According to the Zhito Finance APP, after Trump won the usa presidential election last week, assets such as the dollar, usa stocks, and bitcoin, seen as part of the "Trump trade," surged. Currently, the "Trump trade" still looms over the market, and Trump's economic agendas such as tariffs, tax cuts, and deregulation will significantly impact the global investment landscape. As Trump attempts to break all norms from free trade to the independence of the Federal Reserve, this era may become more turbulent.
However, investors are concerned about how far the "Trump trade" can go. Stocks, csi enterprise bonds, and other assets have appeared expensive relative to historical levels. Trump's trade protectionism policies may lead to a resurgence of inflation and force the Federal Reserve to maintain high interest rates for a longer period. Additionally, the usa economy is facing an expanding fiscal deficit and a weakening labor market, which may put pressure on economic growth prospects.
The concept of the "Trump trade" became popular after Trump won the presidential election in 2016, leading to a surge in usa stocks and the dollar, similar to the post-election situation this month. There is also a parallel to eight years ago, where expectations of relaxed regulations boosted bank stocks, making them one of the fastest rising sectors, while small cap stocks surged due to optimistic sentiment towards tax cuts and investment-related policy commitments. More broadly, these moves indicate investors' confidence in the Trump administration's policies to stimulate economic growth and corporate profits.
However, the reaction of the fixed income market this time is different from eight years ago. After a significant rise in the yield of the ten-year usa treasury bond on the first trading day after the election, it fell over the next two trading days before rising again. This volatility reflects participants' doubts about the next direction of the "Trump trade." To make matters worse, the Federal Reserve is currently in an easing cycle.
Given Trump's vow to implement a game-changing regulatory agenda favorable to digital assets and to establish a strategic reserve of bitcoin in the usa, cryptos are a key sector of this "Trump trade." All of this has led short-term traders and institutional professionals to invest billions of dollars in digital currency, pushing bitcoin and other digital currencies to record highs.
It is hard to say how long the 'Trump trade' can last. A few months after the 2016 election, the momentum of the 'Trump trade' began to fade. During the 2020 election, a series of events in the 'Trump trade'—the strengthening of the dollar, rising us bond yields, and the stellar performance of bank stocks and small cap stocks—were largely influenced by the pandemic, either giving up gains or reversing.
Today's usa economy and market are at a more mature stage than eight years ago. The pe of the s&p 500 index is 26 times, which is 35% higher than in 2016. This leaves little room for a new round of valuation-driven rebounds and raises the bar for policies like Trump's tax cuts to boost corporate profits. More importantly, a lack of corresponding spending cuts in tax reduction measures might lead to a rebound in inflation, which could force the federal reserve to reconsider its plans to continue lowering interest rates. The recent tug-of-war in us bond yields reflects these concerns.
