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AXIOS (Courtenay Brown) - Trump threatens trade with Spain

Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips President Trump's threat to "cut off all trade " with Spain was immediately a market event — at least in Europe. Why it matters: Well into Trump's second term, foreign investors aren't totally dismissing the president's trade threats, even if the legal authority, the path to implementing them and the ultimate outcome remain unclear. - The U.S. Supreme Court narrowed one of Trump's most aggressive trade authorities. But trade tensions are still flaring up in ways that financial markets are adjusting to. - Top economic officials suggest they are willing to explore how to translate the president's trade demands into policy. Driving the news: "We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore,"…

Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips President Trump's threat to "cut off all trade " with Spain was immediately a market event — at least in Europe. Why it matters: Well into Trump's second term, foreign investors aren't totally dismissing the president's trade threats, even if the legal authority, the path to implementing them and the ultimate outcome remain unclear. - The U.S. Supreme Court narrowed one of Trump's most aggressive trade authorities. But trade tensions are still flaring up in ways that financial markets are adjusting to. - Top economic officials suggest they are willing to explore how to translate the president's trade demands into policy. Driving the news: "We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore,"…Open

AXIOS (Matt Phillips) - What the momentum trade tells us about the stock market

Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios The momentum trade is having a terrible start to the second half. Why it matters: Momentum shares drove the market gains early in the year, and it will be harder for the rally to continue without their participation. How it works: Momentum is one of the "factors" some mathematically minded investors, known as quants , use to describe and organize the market according to certain well-understood market trends. - Momentum stocks are defined, more or less, as shares that have been going up — and outperforming the broader market — for roughly a year. - The academic research that quantitative investing is based on has found that such trends have a tendency to persist. - In other words, a momentum…

Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios The momentum trade is having a terrible start to the second half. Why it matters: Momentum shares drove the market gains early in the year, and it will be harder for the rally to continue without their participation. How it works: Momentum is one of the "factors" some mathematically minded investors, known as quants , use to describe and organize the market according to certain well-understood market trends. - Momentum stocks are defined, more or less, as shares that have been going up — and outperforming the broader market — for roughly a year. - The academic research that quantitative investing is based on has found that such trends have a tendency to persist. - In other words, a momentum…Open

THEFEDERALIST (Samuel Kimzey) - ‘Judicial Minimalist’ John Roberts Violated Procedures To Write Maximalist Birthplace Citizenship Opinion

Chief Justice John Roberts has long prided himself on being a judicial minimalist and proceduralist. He wants to preserve the image of the judiciary, and especially the Supreme Court, as an impartial arbiter of cases and controversies.   Very often, when highly politicized cases connected to Trump have reached the court, Roberts has sought ways to […]