2nd Quarter 2019 – Market Review and Outlook
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Global equities extended their 2019 gains into the second quarter, but with substantial volatility. Trade tensions — re-ignited by the threat of tariffs on essentially all US imports from China, the US government’s designation of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei as a national security risk, and potential tariffs on Mexico (as a means to press action to halt Central American migrants from crossing into Mexico on their way to the US) — created uncertainty and concern. Equity markets abruptly changed course on short-term developments, selling off on heightened discord, and rallying on any signs of reduced tension.