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Daily Brief Macro: EC Simplifies EUDR For Industry and more

In today’s briefing:

  • EC Simplifies EUDR For Industry, But Smallholders Still A Concern
  • Trading Inside Trump’s Collar
  • CX Daily: Record Land Prices Return as Developers Bet on Prime Plots


EC Simplifies EUDR For Industry, But Smallholders Still A Concern

By Vinod Nedumudy

  • Large companies can reuse existing DDS for reimported goods  
  • Companies can submit due diligence statements annually  
  • ANRPC S-G asks firms to join initiatives to empower smallholders  

Trading Inside Trump’s Collar

By Phil Rush

  • Market volatility is closely tied to US politics, where unfriendly measures can cap equity prices, while reversals limit potential falls, creating a political floor and ceiling.
  • Attempts to avoid all losses lose relevance if they can reverse swiftly. Hedging against falls in the SP500 beyond recent lows better matches the risk of a recessionary crash.
  • Selling year-end upside above 5750 covers the insurance cost and nets a 3.8% return, with price losses and gains capped at 7% and 6.4% by this “Trump Collar” strategy.

CX Daily: Record Land Prices Return as Developers Bet on Prime Plots

By Caixin Global

  • Land / In Depth: Record land prices return as developers bet on prime plots
  • Holiday /Foreign travelers to China jump in wake of visa waivers, bigger tax refunds
  • PMI /Tariffs smother China’s services sector expansion, Caixin PMI shows

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