So far he has proved as erratic, outspoken and surprising as we had feared. His off-the-cuff comments could prove dangerous, throwing markets off balance. The situation is exacerbated by professional investors who are not used to dealing with a layman, rather than a career politician, and because the liberal elite are in a state of shock and are currently unable to react. Add in Brexit, political uncertainty in Europe and the growing confidence of some strong-arm leaders and a lot could go wrong.
So, are we really facing a new world order? And if so, how much of it has been priced in? To try to help us decide we look at the value of the US dollar from four technical perspectives because it ought to be the first to feel a seismic change and would have the most broad effects on global assets.