Wall Street Infuriates The President With ‘TACO Trade’ Lingo, He Forgets Key Lesson Of ‘Back To The Future’
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Wall Street Infuriates The President With ‘TACO Trade’ Lingo, He Forgets Key Lesson Of ‘Back To The Future’
We can’t all be Hawk Tuah Girl. Sometimes virality is more of a slow burn.Such is the case with the great new Wall Street lingo that has burst forth well beyond the confines of the finance industry to enter the mainstream zeitgeist. Yes, I’m talking about the TACO trade.Robert Armstrong, a columnist for the Financial Times, coined the TACO acronym in the May 2 edition(Opens in a new window) of his newsletter. TACO, in this context, stands for “T…
The TACO Trade Has Its Moment
Financial markets love an acronym and TACO or Trump Always Chickens Out, is the latest. Source: AI generated image – REDDIT It was coined by Rob Armstrong of the Financial Times on May 2 and last week gained traction among commentators to explain the recent rally in U.S. stocks. Will the TACO trade continue […]


TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out/Trump Always Be Raja) is an irony created by Wall Street, which learned to earn money when the president announced drastic measures – such as tariffs – only to retract days later. They bought shares when he was threatening, and sold them when he was backing out. In the case of Mexico, he announced tariffs of 25 percent in February, then dropped it to 10 percent in March and then 0 percent in April. In June he just…
Donald Trump hates being mocked. But what he doesn’t stand for, by any means, is that they do it with reason. He became clear from his first day at the White House in January 2017 when he insisted—against all photographic evidence—that his inauguration had gathered “the greatest crowd in history.” He was denied in a matter of hours, but Trump turned this lie into a crusade he became obsessed with for years. That’s why it’s no wonder that the pre…
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Wall Street analysts recently began joking that the best way to predict the behavior of President Donald Trump — and make money in the process — was by practicing the “TACO trade,” which stands for “Trump always chickens out.” You can always bet on Trump rolling back a reckless tariff. Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times Opinion This mocking of Trump’s inconsistency, which drives him nuts — “Don’t ever say what you said,” he told a reporter w…
"Taco Trade" is what Börsians call the strategy in which they speculate on Trump's tariff threats – and their withdrawal. But those who rely on constant denunciation could soon lose themselves. read more on t3n.de
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