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特朗普正讲话,白宫外突发枪击案!道指创半年新高,这类股飙升!

Trump is speaking, a sudden shooting occurred outside the White House! The Dow hit a half-year high, and these stocks are soaring!

中国基金报 ·  Aug 11, 2020 08:02  · Trending

Author: Li Di

Just now, there was a sudden shooting at a White House press conference.

Trump was unaffected and soon returned to the scene and made amazing remarks.

Mr Trump insisted that US GDP growth would reach 20 per cent in the third quarter and said he would postpone the G7 until after the election. Internally, Trump is considering further tax cuts and intends to abolish the payroll tax, while externally, he continues to wave a tariff stick and threaten Brazil with tariff sanctions.

Against the background of recent repeated changes in policy, the general rising pattern of US stocks is no longer. Last night, the trend of U. S. stocks divided, the concept of returning to work rose sharply to drive the Dow to a new high for nearly half a year, while the Nasdaq fell twice under the drag of technology stocks.

There was a sudden shooting at the press conference, Trump was not injuredContinue to say amazing: the economy will grow by 20% in the third quarter.

Shortly after the White House held a news conference at 05:30 Beijing time, Trump abruptly left the scene escorted by security personnel. The White House did not give a reason for Trump's departure.

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The scene picture of the press conference.

CNN described the conversation at the time:

Agent: "Sir, we have to go out for a while." "

"excuse me?" Trump asked. "

Agent: "get out of here." "

"Oh," Trump said before leaving the room. "

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Soon after, Trump returned to the press conference and said there was a shooting outside the White House, but the situation was under control. Trump said the shooting appeared to have been carried out by law enforcement officers, the suspect was shot and security personnel took themselves to the Oval Office. Trump did not think the suspect had entered the White House and said he felt very safe with the protection of secret service personnel in the White House. Trump said he knew the suspect was armed.

When CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond asked him if he had been taken to the bunker under the White HouseTrump replied: "No, we were just taken to the Oval Office." "

Asked if he was nervous, Trump said: "I don't know. Do I look nervous?" "

After the situation was brought under control, Trump continued to speak, with "amazing remarks" coming out frequently.

He saidThere is no reason why the economy should not grow by less than 20% in the third quarter. Trump said new jobs are growing and the unemployment rate is falling faster than expected. In the past three months, we have created 9 million jobs.

Trump also said he would press ahead with more aggressive tax cuts, saying"it is considering a reduction in capital gains tax and a reduction in payroll tax for middle-income families," he said, adding that he intended to abolish payroll tax.

On the other hand, Trump is still waving a tariff stick, saying that there is no discussion about abolishing tariffs on Brazilian ethanol, and that if Brazil takes tariff action, the United States will also impose tariffs.

On the stimulus package, Trump said the White House would talk to Democrats again about the stimulus plan. Earlier in the day, US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said that we are prepared to propose an increase in bailout funds at the negotiating table.

On the "global travel ban" that was lifted last week, Trump said he was working with Europe on the timing of lifting travel restrictions.

On the G7 meeting, Trump said he preferred to hold the G7 meeting after the election, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be invited to attend. "he is a very important part," he said. "

Trump also insisted that children were less likely to be infected with COVID-19, the condition was mild, and that the number of confirmed cases by child COVID-19 was not enough to prevent schools from reopening.

Is the stimulus plan going to cost more?The concept of returning to work has soared, and the Dow has reached a new high for nearly half a year.

Us stocks closed with mixed gains and losses in the three major stock indexes. After falling 0.87 per cent on Sunday, the Nasdaq continued to pull back last night, closing down 0.39 per cent. Both the Dow and the S & P 500 rose on expectations of a return to work. The Dow rose 1.33%, its highest close since Feb. 24, while the s & p rose 0.27%.

In news, Trump signed an executive order over the weekend to continue paying unemployment benefits, cutting the amount to $400 a week from $600 a week, while delaying payroll taxes.

On the stimulus package, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said on Monday that the White House was open to resuming a new round of bailout negotiations with Democrats, adding that'we are prepared to propose an increase in bailout funds at the negotiating table.

U.S. Senate Minority (Democratic) Leader Schumer also said Democrats are ready to return to negotiations on novel coronavirus's relief bill, calling on Republicans to take a step back.

White House Press Secretary McNerney said last night that he hoped to provide additional unemployment assistance immediately and that states could consider funding unemployment assistance through the COVID-19 economic stimulus bill. Trump still wants schools and small businesses to receive funds.

Rabobank expects that the US economic data released in the coming week will show signs of US economic recovery, the US NFIB small business confidence index will rise again in July, CPI will also rise, and the monthly retail sales rate of the "terrorist data" in the US in July is also expected to be slightly higher than market expectations.

Goldman Sachs Group also announced last night that "at least one" vaccine would be approved by the end of 2020 and put on the market in the second quarter of 2021 for widespread distribution, a development that will boost consumer spending and generate stronger GDP data and jobs next year.

In terms of individual stocks, concepts such as cruise ships, airlines, banks and cars rose with the support of Trump's executive order.

Aviation stocks generally rose.

United Continental Airlines had the highest increase, up nearly 10%. Boeing Co rose 5.52%.

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On the news, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on Monday local time that 831789 people passed through US airport security checks on Sunday, exceeding 800000 for the first time since the outbreak, and the number of airport security checks increased for the second consecutive week last week.

Among cruise stocks, Royal Caribbean Cruises rose 10%, while Carnival Cruises and Norwegian Cruises rose more than 8%.

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Among tourism and gambling stocks, MGM rose by more than 13%, Wynn Resorts by nearly 10%, Marriott International by more than 3% and Trip.com by more than 2%.

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As for bank shares, Bank of America Corporation rose nearly 2 per cent, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup rose more than 1 per cent, while Wells Fargo & Co fell more than 1 per cent. At one point, Anshuo Bank of America Corporation ETF rose 2.57% during the day.

It is worth noting that the implementation of Trump's executive order is still uncertain, and there are differences between the remarks of several governors and the US Treasury Secretary.

On Monday, New York Governor Cuomo said Trump's executive order would increase state spending, hoping that Trump's executive order would be just a "strategy." He also said he would not pay unemployment benefits in accordance with Trump's executive order.

The governor of Kentucky said Trump's current executive order was "not feasible" and that US states could not bear the pressure of unemployment for a long time.

California Governor Newsom says Trump's unemployment benefit plan will cost California about $700 million a week; California cannot afford it.

At around 06:30 local time on Monday, Treasury Secretary Nuchin said that most states would be able to extend unemployment benefits in the next week or two.

Chinese and American science and technology stocks "lose both sides"Apple Inc bucked the trend by 1.45%.

While the concept of returning to work rebounded strongly, a number of US technology stocks and well-known technology Chinese stocks fell one after another.

FAANG's top five technology stocks fell collectively in early trading. At the close, Amazon.Com Inc was down 0.61%, Netflix Inc was down 2.29%, Alphabet Inc-CL C was down 0.1% and Microsoft Corp was down 2.03% and 1.99%.

On the news side, the latest survey by analyst firm TruePublic shows that most respondents do not want to turn to TikTok's competitors: 88 per cent of respondents prefer TikTok to competitors such as Triller and Byte, as well as Instagram's Reels.

Apple Inc rebounded after falling in early trading, closing up 1.45 per cent. Guo Mingyi, an analyst at Tianfeng Securities, said that if Apple Inc banned Wechat globally, iPhone shipments would be the highest or fall by 30 per cent.

Gold and silver futures reboundedThe dollar index rose twice in a row.

Spot gold futures go up and down. At one point, COMEX gold rose to $2060 an ounce, up more than 1.6% to close up 0.46%. Spot gold rallied to $2050 an ounce at one point, but closed down to $2026.

Silver futures are also fighting back, rising more than 7% at one point. Spot silver also rose nearly 3%.

The dollar index rose 0.22%, achieving two consecutive gains.

On the news, the New York Fed survey showed that the median one-year inflation expectation rose to 2.9% from 2.7% in June. There are voices in the market that expectations of US stimulus policies and strained relations between the two major economies are driving the rise in gold prices.

While some investors began to choose to be "conservative" under the volatility of gold prices, SPDR Gold, the world's largest gold exchange-traded fund, recorded an outflow of $382 million on Friday, the largest outflow since March.

All of a sudden! The Lebanese government resigned collectively

According to the Global Network report, at about 07:30 local time on the 10th, Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diyab made a televised speech announcing the resignation of the current Lebanese government.

Diyab said in his speech that he was "taking a step back" so that he could stand with the people and "fight side by side with the people for change". He said that the Beirut bombing was the result of local corruption in the country. "We join the people in calling for the trial of those responsible for their crimes." "

According to the process, Lebanese Prime Minister Diyab will then go to the Lebanese presidential residence to submit the resignation of the government, but the current government will continue to serve until the formation of the new government is completed.

According to the overseas Network, earlier, a violent explosion occurred in the port area of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on the 4th of this month. The latest figures released by the Lebanese Ministry of Health on the 8th show that the explosion has killed 158 people, injured more than 6000, and dozens of people are unaccounted for. The explosion also left about 300000 people homeless.

After the explosion, Lebanon froze the bank accounts of seven officials in the port of Beirut on the 6th and issued a travel ban on them, while public discontent has not been quelled. On August 8, thousands of people attended a rally in the Lebanese capital Beirut, demanding that the government resign and implement reforms.

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