How to invest if you think Donald Trump will be bad for the U.S. economy + MORE Jan 18th

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 8% between the day Donald Trump was elected and the day of his swearing-in as president of the United States. Is the “Trump Bump” sustainable? Here’s the case for the Trump Bulls; check out the Bearish scenario too.

 
Even before his inauguration as president of the United States, Donald Trump has had an enormous impact on investment markets. He’s triggered a rally in U.S. equities and a selloff in fixed income. But how to position your portfolio for what comes next depends in large part on your view of Trump’s presidency—whether you think his administration will succeed in implementing his economic agenda or not.
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“If he’s successful we’ll see more of the same of what we’ve seen since November 8,” says Craig Fehr, investment strategist for Edward Jones…

January 2017 is proving to be a mixed bag for investors. Now that the New Year is well underway, some interesting trends are developing. For starters, the USD is struggling to maintain momentum against the JPY. The greenback was trading 0.3% lower against the JPY, at 115.64. Even the beleaguered EUR made some gains against the greenback as it rallied to $1.0626, before it dropped towards $1.0559. The heavily bearish GBP has also been gaining on the greenback, trading at $1.2167, from $1.2190 earlier.

The US dollar index is currently at 102.72, up 0.67%, or 0.68 points. The index has a 52-week high of 103.82. Simply put, this means that the US dollar is fractionally off its 52-week high, and well above its 52-week low of 91.92. The DXY measures the performance of the greenback against major global currencies including the JPY, EUR, GBP, CHF, CAD and the SEK. The most heavily weighted components of the DXY include the EUR at 57.6% and the JPY at 13.6%. The trading market cycles in January tend to reflect a rebalancing or repositioning of financial portfolios to accommodate the likely changes in the year ahead…

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1. Use key words.
If you send 500 impressive resumes and don’t get a single reply back, don’t be surprised. One trick? Copy and paste keywords from the job posting into your CV. Many companies use keyword recognition software to sift through applications so take five minutes to do this, says Lisa Kay of Peak Performance Human Resources.
2. Don’t leave money on the table.
There could be plenty of ways HR offers perks to employees. Employee stock plans are popular but an underrated perk, says Kay, is the employee referral policy, which could get you $1,000 in bonus money.
3. Don’t drag your feet.
If you’ve been offered the job and your would-be employer is giving you five days to think about it, it would be a mistake to wait until the fifth day to give your response, says Kay. Sure it’s still within the time frame given, but to the employer, you immediately look unprofessional and disinterested. Even if you’re not sure about the job, reply within two days to thank them, start salary negotiations or ask questions…

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 8% between the day Donald Trump was elected and the day of his swearing-in as president of the United States. Is the “Trump Bump” sustainable? Here’s the case for the Trump Bears; check out the Bullish scenario too.

Count Aidan Garrib among the doubters.
“We’re a bit hesitant on the ability of [President-elect Donald] Trump to, one, get legislation passed in the time frame that the market is expecting and, two, the impact of that legislation if and when it is passed,” says the global macro strategist for Pavilion Global Markets in Montreal.
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Two sectors of the stock market that have burst out of the gate since Trump’s election on November 8 look especially vulnerable, in Garrib’s opinion: U…