Trade War Could Trigger the Next Recession

Lehman Brothers collapsed a decade ago. Since then, global markets have recouped their losses and equity markets have risen above their 2007–2008 highs. Broader markets have been hitting fresh highs this year. The PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) has risen 18.6% for the year based on the closing prices on September 14. Two US companies hit the coveted market capitalization of $1 trillion this year. While Apple (AAPL) is still holding onto that feat, Amazon (AMZN) pared its gains after momentarily exceeding a market capitalization of $1 trillion.