Wall St ends higher after Fed chief's comments, but posts big weekly loss

Wall St ends higher after Fed chief's comments, but posts big weekly loss

By Chibuike Oguh, Johann M Cherian and Sukriti Gupta

Fri March 7, 2025 4:43 PM

Once again it took just the slightest hint of good economic news to send the indexes soaring again. But that’s not the way the day started, with all three indexes suffering dramatic slumps right out the gate, the Dow down 400 points by noon with the Nasdaq and S&P incurring similar morning dips. It must have been around noon that Powell delivered his remarks that the economy was “in a good place” that shot both the Dow and Nasdaq back into 3-digit gains again by close. But Powell had to strongly caution that the uncertainty created by Trump’s tariff policies is certainly problematic and thus there will be no rush to rate cuts.  

Stocks drop, dollar weakens as latest Trump tariff news weighed

Stocks drop, dollar weakens as latest Trump tariff news weighed

By Caroline Valetkevitch

Thu March 6, 2025 3:54 PM

On Wednesday, Trump announced that he was considering a one-month pause on the tariffs with Canada and Mexico and the stock market zoomed on just this little hint, any little hint, that the trade war may be easing. And today Trump did it, announced the one-month. But today it had the opposite effect. Today the market decided that, pause or no pause, there was just too much uncertainty here. As today’s expert put it, “Trump has been very confusing about these tariffs. One day they’re on and the next day they’re off for a month.”  

Wall Street ends higher as markets eye easing of trade tensions

Wall Street ends higher as markets eye easing of trade tensions

By Johann M Cherian, Sukriti Gupta and Chibuike Oguh

Wed March 5, 2025 4:40 PM

It was the opposite trend from Monday. Today all three indexes were straddling break-even, then suddenly went through the roof right around noon, which is likely when Trump announced the delay on car tariffs for another month. This market was just looking for a hint of good news, any kind of good news, about easing tariffs to jump right back on the “buy” bandwagon, both tech and industrials zooming to big middle 3-digit gains.  

Nasdaq nears correction territory dragged down by trade tensions

Nasdaq nears correction territory dragged down by trade tensions

By Chibuike Oguh, Johann M Cherian and Sukriti Gupta

Tue March 4, 2025 4:36 PM

For the second day in a row the three indexes were in freefall with the Dow, like yesterday, losing almost 700 points. The tariffs are contributing for sure but also concerns about valuations being way elevated and the inflation picture looking dour. The Nasdaq came very close to 10% correction territory today and the VIX rose to its highest since December 20. But the newly assigned tariffs are definitely on the front burner.  

Wall St closes lower as Trump sets 25% tariffs, manufacturing data dips

Wall St closes lower as Trump sets 25% tariffs, manufacturing data dips

By Johann M Cherian, Sukriti Gupta and Chibuike Oguh

Mon March 3, 2025 4:15 PM

All three indexes were more or less sputtering along the break-even line in the morning, probably sitting on the sidelines waiting for the next event to unfold. Then at 12:30 p.m. all hell broke loose and all three indexes fell right through the flow with major enormous 3-digit losses. It was likely at 12:30 that Trump made the announcement that the 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada would take effect tomorrow.  

Wall Street ends higher after Zelenskiy and Trump clash

Wall Street ends higher after Zelenskiy and Trump clash

By Noel Randewich

Fri February 28, 2025 4:18 PM

The headline is more than a little misleading, implying that the market actually liked the big clash in the Oval Office this afternoon. But a closer look at the details reveals that the clash was not the reason the market rose. In fact, all three indexes fell into the red immediately following the meeting. Then investors took a few deep breaths and optimism reemerged that there ultimately would be a deal to end the war in Ukraine.  

S&P 500 ends down as Nvidia tumbles following report

S&P 500 ends down as Nvidia tumbles following report

By Noel Randewich and Johann M Cherian

Thu February 27, 2025 6:59 PM

There’s just a whole lot of confusion and uncertainty out there. There was a big mystery yesterday why Nvidia’s stock got such a big boost when they had not yet turned in their Q4, a report widely expected to be disappointing. And today, with the report front and center, though earnings were quite respectable they were not of the stellar nature of past quarters and years so Nvidia had a dramatic fall of 8.5% more than wiping out yesterday’s boost, and all of tech followed suit. Unemployment claims came in higher than expected which also fueled uncertainty about the world’s greatest economy beginning to sputter.