Squawk Box Europe Express

President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi to head the DoJ after his original pick Matt Gaetz decided to withdraw amid allegations of sexual misconduct. In Germany, defence minister Boris Pistorius has declined to stand against unpopular Chancellor Olaf Scholz to head the SPD going into February’s snap election. Lithium ion battery firm Northvolt files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S., hampering Europe’s EV ambitions. And in crypto news, Bitcoin inches towards six figures in valuation as investors continue to back the Trump trade.

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Nvidia posts another stellar quarter to cement its lead in the A.I. race. Its shares, however, dip in after-hours trade. Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group sees shares nose-dive after billionaire chairman Gautam Adani is charged by U.S. prosecutors with fraud and bribery charges. U.S. retail giant Target is in the red, falling 21.4 per cent in yesterday’s session – its worst trading day in more than two years. The company issued a sales warning ahead of the Christmas shopping season. And the co-heads of the upcoming Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, outline plans for mass job and spending waste cuts to the U.S. civil service.  

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President-elect Donald Trump appoints Cantor Fitzgerald’s Howard Lutnick to run the Commerce Department. Former WWE wrestling mogul and Small Business Administration leader during Trump’s first term Linda McMahon is given the Education Secretary brief. Apollo CEO Marc Rowan is reportedly is favourite to head up the Treasury. U.S. tech stocks soar helped on by chip giant Nvidia coming close to 5 per cent ahead of the U.S. earnings report. Qualcomm announces it is positive on Trump and forecasts $4bn in PC chip sales in the following five years. Ukraine fires six U.S.-made ATACMS deep into Russia after President Biden allowed their use earlier this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin amends his own decree on using nuclear arms. 

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Asian equities are mainly in the green at the start of the week with the dollar rally pausing after achieving multi-month highs. President-elect Donald Trump appoints Sean Duffy as transport secretary and there are reports of potential in-fighting in the transition team over a growing field of Treasury contenders. The U.S. DoJ is reportedly on the verge of forcing Google to sell its Chrome browser – the latest regulatory push to break up the company’s online search monopoly. We hear exclusively from Oaktree Capital Management’s Howard Marks who says he is positive on China’s trade relations with the U.S. over the next decade.

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In what is a major shift in policy, U.S. President Joe Biden has reportedly given Kyiv permission to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory. U.S. indices post their worst session in two weeks as the Trump trade falters. However, Europe still lags Wall Street by a record margin this year. President-elect Donald Trump continues to select his cabinet, naming Big Tech critic Brendan Carr as FCC head and Chris Wright as Energy Secretary. We hear from outgoing Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm who tells us it would be “political malpractice” if Trump dismantled her administration’s green policies.   

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Markets pare back bets on a December Fed cut, with Wall Street losing ground following hawkish comments from Jerome Powell over the strength of the U.S. economy. Meanwhile in China, fresh data paints a mixed picture on the economy as recent stimulus measures boosts retail sentiment, but the country’s key industrial sector continues to lose steam. In the U.K., Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers her first Mansion House speech, announcing intentions to target regulation as she warns that the nation cannot take its status as a global financial centre for granted. In the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump appoints Robert F Kennedy Junior to be his Secretary of Health and Human services, potentially giving the anti-vaccine activist a major role over America’s food and drug supply.

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President-elect Donald Trump makes a shocking pick for Attorney General, tapping controversial Florida Representative Matt Gaetz for the role. This as NBC News projects Republicans will maintain control of the House in a ‘red sweep’. Meanwhile the Trump trade eases as fresh U.S. inflation data that supports expectations for a December Fed cut. Hedge fund billionaire David Einhorn warns of further price pressure volatility at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha Investor summit. But the crypto rally gathers pace, with Bitcoin briefly topping $93,000 for the first time, and the Dogecoin doubled its price following Trump’s election victory. In Germany, expert advisors to Chancellor Olaf Scholz cut their growth forecast for next year, delivering another blow to the beleaguer economy as political parties shift into campaign mode ahead of the February elections.

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President-elect Donald Trump taps X owner and Tesla CEO Elon to take leadership of the new ‘department of government efficiency’, alongside taking his pick of the new defence and intelligence heads. U.S. market majors snap their post-election winning streak, while Treasury yields spike and the dollar index hits a 6-months high as investors brace for another Trump administration. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy raises its mid-term outlook after reporting a record order backlog of €123 billion, boosted by a turnaround at turbine unite Gamesa. In Lisbon, global tech leaders gather at the annual Web Summit with the prospect of looser regulations and heightened trade tensions under President-elect Trump. There, Microsoft President Brad Smith tells CNBC that Europe remains key for the company. Germany prepares for a snap election on February 23rd after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition – with Economy minister Robert Habeck saying Berlin still remains a reliable partner.

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Donald Trump’s election victory continues to rally markets, with the S&P 500 topping $6,000 for the first time, and the Dow soaring by more than 300 points to close above the $44,000 mark. Momentum doesn’t stop there as investors jump on the crypto trade, with Bitcoin closing in on the $90,000 mark and Coinbase popping nearly 20%. Meanwhile, sources tell NBC that Senator Marco Rubio is the likely candidate to become Donald Trump’s top diplomat, with the President-elect also said to have tapped China hawk Mike Waltz as his National Security Adviser. In Asia, chipmaker stocks dip over mounting concerns of looming U.S. protectionist measures, prompting South Korea to release its own stimulus measures for domestic producers.

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The S&P 500 and the Dow are clinching their best week of the year in the wake of former President Trump’s secured return to the White House, and the prospect of looser regulation and tax cuts. Cryptocurrency Bitcoin follows suit, soaring above $80,000 as the Trump trade takes hold. This as the President-elect is confirmed to have won Arizona, completing a clean sweep of all the battleground states, with Republicans now closing in on control of the House. Meanwhile, Chinese consumer inflation hits its lowest level in four months as factory gate deflation deepens, despite China’s new set of stepped-up stimulus measures. In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’s open to moving up a parliamentary confidence vote, potentially paving the way for snap elections sooner rather than later, following the collapse of the nation’s three-way coalition.

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