NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday as traders braced for reciprocal tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is due to announce on Wednesday, which could intensify a global trade war. However, Trump’s threats to impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil and to attack Iran fueled supply worries, limiting losses. […]
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S&P 500 closes higher to start new quarter as traders await Trump’s tariff rollout: Live updates
The S&P 500 climbed on Tuesday in another volatile session as the market awaited clarity from President Donald Trump regarding his tariff policy rollout. Wall Street also faced pressure from weaker-than-expected economic data. The broad market index added 0.38% to close at 5,633.07, while the Nasdaq Compositegained 0.87% and ended at 17,449.89. The Dow Jones […]
Wall Street is fed up with Trump’s tariffs. Stocks are off to their worst start to a year since 2022
As Wall Street heads into a new quarter, a flurry of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are set to go into effect. That has traders on edge and has helped put US stocks in their worst first-quarter slump in years. Wall Street has been rocked with volatility this year as Trump’s tariff proposals have kept investors […]
Europe stocks extend gains as euro zone inflation eases; UK, EU say all options open in U.S. tariff response
European markets were higher on Tuesday, staging a broad rebound as global investors brace for U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs set to come into effect on Wednesday. The regional Stoxx 600 index was trading 1.15% higher at 10:12 a.m. in London, extending gains after euro zone inflation cooled as expected to 2.2% in March, according to data released […]
2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Before the Next Stock Market Swing
Last year, artificial intelligence (AI) stocks were skyrocketing in value. Over the first three months of 2025, however, many of these growth superstars saw their valuations cut severely. If you’ve been waiting to buy AI stocks at a discount, these two companies are your best bets right now. Every AI investor should own this stock If you’re […]
What To Expect in the Markets This Week
March employment data is on tap this week, but investors and other market watchers may be watching other events coming out of Washington even more closely. A slew of new trade policies could be outlined on Wednesday, while some of President Donald Trump’s previously outlined tariffs are set to take effect early Thursday morning. As […]
Is President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” Going to Cause a Stock Market Crash? History Provides a Clear Answer.
Over the last five weeks, Wall Street has reminded investors that stocks can move in both directions. Although the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and innovation-inspired Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) are still firmly in respective bull markets, there was a brief period where the S&P 500 and […]
Why Wall Street is talking about a ‘Mar-A-Lago accord’ as a way to understand Trump
Last November, Hudson Bay Capital released a 41-page document that outlined a plan to restructure the global trading system with a juicy premise for Wall Street. Complicated and dense, “A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System” touches on everything from US debt to interest rates to re-shoring of US manufacturing but with a […]
Tesla’s ‘American-made’ cars won’t get hit as hard by the auto tariffs
Just this week, Tesla boasted as anxieties swirled over tariffs on automobiles. “Btw, Teslas are the most American-made cars,” the official Tesla account posted on X on Sunday. That’s true, at least according to one measure. The company has dominated Car.com’s American-Made Index since 2021, based on criteria including assembly location, where the parts are […]
Stock market today: Dow drops 700 points, S&P 500, Nasdaq sink as Wall Street reels from tariff, inflation fears
US stocks tanked on Friday as Wall Street grappled with President Trump’s escalating trade war and weighed signs of reinvigorated inflation pressures amid souring consumer sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) dropped more than 700 points or nearly 1.7%, while the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell almost 2%. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) dropped 2.7% […]
CoreWeave prices IPO at $40 a share, below expected range
CoreWeave on Thursday said it priced shares at $40 in the company’s IPO, raising $1.5 billion in the biggest U.S. tech offering since 2021. The company, which provides access to Nvidia graphics processing units for artificial intelligence training and workloads, had planned to sell shares for between $47 and $55 each. At the top end of the […]
GameStop is closing a ‘significant number’ of stores and will invest heavily in bitcoin
After GameStop closed about a quarter of its locations within the past year, shuttering 1,000 stores across the world, the company said it’s not close to done. And as the struggling company closes stores, it will invest cash in cryptocurrencies. GameStop revealed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it expects to close a “significant number” […]