'Worst Ever' US-China Ties a Looming Dampener for Runaway FAAMNG Stocks

Jack Kouzi, Director of Strategy, VFS Group

27-May-20 07:00

'Worst Ever' US-China Ties a Looming Dampener for Runaway FAAMNG Stocks

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With Covid-19 at least appearing to wind down, the next drag on markets are worsening US-China ties, which Jack Kouzi, Director of Strategy , VFS Group, describes as 'being the worst ever' and which he adds might be a dampener on the rally among FAAMNG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Google) stocks since the March lows.

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