Today’s China-U.S. summit meeting is an event that could also have enormous implications - in both directions. As Bloomberg's Richard Breslow notes, one can't help but be intrigued by the fact that while everyone is looking at the S&P 500, this morning the Shanghai composite traded at its highest level of the year.
S&P futures are little changed at 6am ET, trading at 2347.55 and paring an earlier 0.4 percent drop, on the back of the USDJPY ramp which for the second day in a row has emerged alongside the European open, just as the key 110 support level appears in danger, soothing concerns about the Fed's balance sheet reduction and "some" Fed officials warning that stocks have gotten expensive.
While today's market was certainly more exciting than many had expected, first surging on the blockbuster ADP report, then plunging in the biggest intraday drop in 14 months after "some" Fed members warned stock prices are "quite high", there is a chance that it will get even more exciting tomorrow, should either Trump or Xi utter a word "out of place" during the first summit between the two world leaders at Mar-A-Lago.
How should traders approach tomorrow's key risk event? Courtesy of Bloomberg's ex-FX trader Mark Cudmore, here are some thoughts.
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