Morning Bid: Stocks crater again, no 'ifs' or 'puts'
  • April 7, 2025

Morning Bid: Stocks crater again, no 'ifs' or 'puts'

The White House does not seem concerned enough about crashing global stock prices to reverse its massive trade tariffs, and the Federal Reserve appears in no hurry to deliver rapid interest rate cuts. * On Sunday, Trump indicated he was not concerned about losses that have already wiped out trillions of dollars in value from share markets around the world. Taiwan's president has taken to X to pledge a "golden age" of shared prosperity with the U.S.

High-Flying Defense Stocks Sink as Tariffs Upend Supply Chains
  • April 7, 2025

High-Flying Defense Stocks Sink as Tariffs Upend Supply Chains

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Dimon, Ackman warn on tariffs as Wall Street roiled by trade war
  • April 7, 2025

Dimon, Ackman warn on tariffs as Wall Street roiled by trade war

Wall Street leaders issued warnings on U.S. tariffs, with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon saying they could have lasting negative consequences, while fund manager Bill Ackman said they could lead to an "economic nuclear winter." In Dimon's annual letter to shareholders, published on Monday following a rout last week that wiped off trillions of dollars from global stock markets, he expressed concern about how the tariffs would impact America's long-term economic alliances. "The economy is facing considerable turbulence (including geopolitics)," Dimon wrote.

Analysis-European stocks' stellar start to 2025 snuffed out as tariffs cloud Q1 earnings
  • April 7, 2025

Analysis-European stocks' stellar start to 2025 snuffed out as tariffs cloud Q1 earnings

European equities' impressive start to 2025 has been obliterated in three sessions of heavy selling, while executives tot up the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on supply chains, possibly forcing them to ditch previous financial predictions. U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are more sweeping than many market players feared, sending global stocks plummeting as investors flee to safe-haven assets amid recession worries. Companies in Europe's STOXX 600 index, which had its best first-quarter relative to the U.S. S&P 500 in a decade, had been expected to report unbroken quarterly earnings growth through 2025 and into 2026, according to LSEG data.