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Huawei reportedly delays production of flagship smartphone amid US crackdown

  
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Nikkei reports on the matter

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Huawei is said to have told suppliers to delay production for its newest flagship smartphone as the company weighs potential supply chain disruptions from an escalating US crackdown, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Adding that Huawei has also also halted production for some components of its Mate series of phones and trimmed orders for parts in the coming quarters.
The full report can be found here.
Not so good news for Huawei and tech in general but if anything, you can take this as a sign that China wouldn’t be too happy about recent US actions and will only add to tensions between the two if they are to try and resolve other issues moving forward.

Nikkei 225 closes lower by 1.72% at 22,977.75

  
Analysis, Global Indices
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The Nikkei falls back below the 23,000 mark

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Fears surrounding the coronavirus outbreak continue to reverberate across markets and risk trades are largely suffering as a result. The fact that Facebook earnings wasn’t good enough – slower growth and profits guidance – only adds oil to the risk-off fire today.

US futures are down by 0.5% while Treasury yields are marked lower across the board following a sharp drop yesterday. 10-year yields are now at 1.568%, down by 1.5 bps.
As a result of the softer risk mood, USD/JPY is sitting around 108.92 currently – with focus turning to the 100-day moving average @ 108.75 once again.

Nikkei reports: China is doubling down on demands that may threaten trade deal

  
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Cold feet again?

The Nikkei is reporting that Beijing has double down on demands that may threaten to delay a preliminary trade agreement with the US.
The report says that China is digging in on insisting that US withdrawal all tariffs levied since summer of last year before entering an agreement.  Pres. Trump is likely not thinking along those lines in Phase I of what will be a drawn out process.
Phase 1 is intended to focus on expanding American imports into China, but does not address the key structural issues like IP theft.
Trade deals sound good on paper but once the rubber meets the road and both parties dig in a bit more, the risks of a deal break down are real.
The US stock market is taking it in stride. The major indices are trading little changed on the day.
Gold meanwhile is down $25 or -1.67% which suggests no worries/be happy.
If the rhetoric becomes more pervasive, however, we could see a reversal of the market forces going forward.
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Catalyst that could lead to a crash

  
Economy, Education
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“Chinese banks face state loans turmoil; about Rmb1,550B in questionable loans. “
This simple sentence reminds me of the Japanese Banks prior to the big Nikkei crash, that has not yet recovered (over 20 years).
What did we learn from the subprime mess ? The banks lied to us …..
What did we learn about the Nikkei crash ? The banks lied ….
1) Watch the Shanghai Index ! It has risen from its July’s low to almost 2600 ; a key resistance level.
2) Watch light crude oil prices (key indicator for the Chinese demand)
3) Did you just make some money on this rally ? SELL !!!!
I am bearish ? No, its just NOT the time to “buy and hold”

Japanese Prime Minister To Step Down

  
Analysis, Economy, Education
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Ichiro Ozawa, secretary-general of Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s party, asked Hatoyama to step down from his post, Yukio Ubukata, vice secretary- general of the party said in a TV Asahi program today. Ubukata said he expects both to resign before an upper house election next month. Hatoyama refused to resign during a meeting of senior party officials yesterday, Kyodo News reported.

As this action will likely lead to Yen weakness, and thus Euro strength, the most likely result will be a green close for the Nikkei, once again indicating that politically destabilizing fundamentals don’t matter to C++.

Updated at 7:20/2nd June/Baroda

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