Billionaire investor Bill Gross told BI that he's worried about tariffs stoking inflation and choking growth, and recommended four defensive stocks.
The tariff move by U.S. President Donald trump fueled investor worries about the impact on the economy, and also weakened the dollar as investors moved into safe haven Treasuries, pushing yields lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average unofficially closed down 1.63%, the S&P 500 down 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite, down 0.34%.
Parts of the U.S. Treasury yield curve are reflecting increasing concerns that the Federal Reserve will wait too long before resuming interest rate cuts as economic growth slows. The spread between yields of two-year and five-year notes is trading at around 3 basis points after very briefly turning negative last week for the first time since mid-December. This part of the curve is worth watching because durable inversions have preceded major economic contractions and stock market declines for the past 35 to 40 years, said Tom Fitzpatrick, head of global market insights at R.J. O'Brien.
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Major U.S. equities indexes sank at midday Tuesday as new U.S. tariffs against leading trade partners went into effect.