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(Reuters) – As the dust settles after a bruising week eased by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff pause, the takeaway from global investors is loud and clear: market turbulence is here to stay. In a stunning reversal on Wednesday, Trump said he would temporarily lower the hefty duties newly imposed on dozens of countries while …
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The pain, said Shuntaro Takeuchi, was 10 out of 10. Not in the portfolio of Japanese stocks he runs out of Palo Alto, California, but in his appendix. It would have to come out, just as his colleagues at Matthews Asia were on a phone call to chart the $7 billion asset manager’s path through …
Global markets were pummelled on Wednesday as President Donald Trump’s eye-watering 104% tariffs on China took effect, and a savage selloff in U.S. bonds sparked fears that foreign funds were fleeing U.S. assets. This week has brought crisis-era volatility to markets, wiping off trillions of dollars in value from stocks and hitting commodities and emerging …
US Bonds, Dollar Battered as ‘Sell America’ Trade Heats Up Read More »
The S&P 500 closed below 5,000 points for the first time in almost a year, reversing a strong morning rally as hopes faded for any imminent U.S. delays or concessions on tariffs ahead of a midnight deadline. The benchmark index fell 1.6% on Tuesday marking a $5.8 trillion loss in market value since President Donald …
Wall Street’s Tariffs Rout Resumes After Rebound Fails Read More »
Tariff-stunned markets face another week of potential tariff turmoil, with fallout from President Donald Trump’s sweeping import levies keeping investors on edge after the worst week for U.S. stocks since the onset of the coronavirus crisis five years ago.Investors will look for signs the stock market may be close to at least a short-term bottom …
Wall Street Week Ahead – Shell-Shocked Markets Brace For More Trump Tariff Tumult Read More »
Global stock markets extended their recent rout on Friday, with S&P 500 companies wiping out $5 trillion in stock market value since U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on Wednesday, while investors fled to the safety of government bonds.The Nasdaq confirmed it was in a bear market, ending more than 20% below its record …
S&P 500 Loses $5 Trillion in Two Days in Trump Tariff Selloff Read More »
Major U.S. stock indexes registered their biggest daily percentage drops since 2020 on Thursday and the dollar weakened as U.S. President Donald Trump’s drastic trade tariffs stoked fears of a global recession and led investors to seek safe-haven assets like bonds and the yen. S&P 500 companies lost a combined $2.4 trillion in stock market …
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described U.S. President Donald Trump’s universal tariffs as a major blow to the world economy and said the European Union was prepared to respond with countermeasures if talks with Washington failed. Von der Leyen said the EU was already finalising a first package of tariffs on up …
EU Plans Countermeasures to New US tariffs, Says EU Chief Read More »
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a slew of reciprocal tariffs on trading partners on Wednesday, the latest in a series of extensive duties imposed since his return to the White House earlier this year. The U.S. will now impose a 10% baseline tariff on all imports to the country effective April 5 and higher duties …
US Businesses Brace for More Pain as Trump Rolls Out Reciprocal Tariffs Read More »
** As Q1 draws to a close, energy looked set to come out the top performer among the S&P 500’s major industry sectors for the quarter, with a ~9% gain for the period ** Energy, up 0.7% on Mon, is also among the best-performing sectors of the day, outperforming the broader market, with the S&P …
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