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Has TACO trade in stocks run its course? Chris Wood of Jefferies decodes
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Puneet Wadhwa New Delhi
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TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) trade may have run its course as a positive factor for the markets, suggests Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies in his recent note to investors, GREED & fear.
'But GREED & fear has started to wonder if TACO has run its
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