Stock Market News Update

Volatility  Investors in the S&P 500 who were hoping for greater certainty with the announcement of the Liberation Day tariffs were disappointed. Uncertainty and volatility continue to cast a shadow over the financial markets. The scale of the tariffs far exceeded...

Consolidation April 2 will bring in the reciprocal tariffs that Trump has signalled will be America's Liberation Day. Expect volatility in the S&P 500 surrounding the tariff announcements, which will likely be compounded by the Nonfarm Payroll report on Friday. At...

Consolidation The S&P 500 was in a consolidation phase last week with an eye, clearly, on the 2 April tariffs that are rapidly approaching. The Federal Reserve announced that it had effectively ended the period of Quantitative Tightening (QT); however, the...

Expect Further Volatility Uncertainty has ruled the S&P 500, and this week, we have the March FOMC and the FED's statements of economic projections to add to that uncertainty. With inflation data still looming large and traders on edge, will the FED signal a pivot...

S&P 500 In Transition Phase Despite the positive rally on Friday, the S&P 500 is on a downward trajectory toward correction territory. The Trump administration has signalled that the artificially inflated economy and stock market of the Biden era needs to be...

S&P 500 And Economic Growth In our post "S&P 500 And Trump's First 100 Days", we noted that a strong dollar lowers economic growth and that the lead time is around two months. Given the dollar's strength in 2024, we expected the U.S. economy to slow down in...

S&P 500 Digests Trump Focus In our post "S&P 500 And Trump's First 100 Days," we suggested that the market might struggle due to the sequence of the Trump administration's fiscal, regulatory, and trade policy implementation. As predicted, the tariff, border,...

$900 Billion In Market Cap Erased From S&P 500 On Friday, the S&P 500 erased $900 billion in market cap after posting a new all-time high on Wednesday. Uncertainty surrounding the direction of the Trump administration, coupled with weak PMI data and Walmart’s...