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Wall Street saw an impressive rally in May after severe volatility in the previous two months. Expectations of a U.S.-China trade deal, the delay by the Trump administration to impose 50% tariffs on the European Union and the ongoing negotiations related to tariff and trade policies with several other major trading partners of the United States boosted market participants’ confidence in risky assets like equities.