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Why the stock market is going to love higher U.S. tariffs on China
Trump wants more U.S. exports. He wants to open China's market. That's fine. But the U.S. market is really its domestic market. U.S. exports account for 11% of GDP. By comparison, exports account for ...
Bond funds back in demand as fading recession fears spark rally in riskier debt
Bond yields were up Monday "as fears that a trade war will cause a recession continue to recede," following U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's negotiations with Chinese trade officials over the ...
Trump avoids repeating Herbert Hoover's Smoot-Hawley tariff mistake - for now
The president ran for office promising to "make America great again," and months after being sworn in, raised tariffs against America's trading partners.
Consumer prices likely rebounded in April as higher tariffs began to bite
Looking at the bigger picture, economists expect a burst of inflation in the coming months as higher tariffs announced by President Donald Trump in April take effect. These higher prices will ...
The S&P 500 just did something for the first time in months that a rally in the stock market could follow
But history shows that, since 1929, when the S&P 500 drops from at least a three-year high and then stays below the 200-day moving average for at least 30 trading sessions, it is often followed by ...
The bull market has survived Trump's tariff onslaught. But stocks aren't out of the woods just yet.
U.S. stocks were set to finish higher on Monday. Aside from the S&P 500, the Nasdaq Composite was up more than 4% in recent trade at 18,678, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA was up 1,100 ...
Gold skids more than 3% on tariff relief. Is it time to sell?
On Monday, gold for June delivery (GC00) (GCM25) fell $116, or 3.5%, to settle at $2,228 an ounce on Comex. That was the biggest daily percentage loss for a most-active contract since April 23 and the ...
The U.S.-China trade thaw is helping Target's stock today. Some analysts still see problems with no obvious solutions.
Shares of Target Corp. rallied on Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to a temporary pullback in their tariff brinkmanship. But even without global trade anxieties, the big-box retailer faces ...
Front Month Nymex Natural Gas Fell 3.93% to Settle at $3.6460 — Data Talk
Front Month Nymex Natural Gas for June delivery lost 14.90 cents per million British thermal units, or 3.93% to $3.6460 per million British thermal units today --Largest one day dollar and percentage ...
Front Month Nymex RBOB Gasoline Rose 1.17% to Settle at $2.1331 — Data Talk
Front Month Nymex RBOB Gasoline for June delivery gained 2.47 cents per gallon, or 1.17% to $2.1331 today --Largest three day dollar and percentage gain since Wednesday, March 5, 2025 --Off 18.00% ...
Fidelity users report technical issues trying to check their accounts after U.S.-China trade deal sends stocks surging
There were thousands of reports of issues by Fidelity users on Monday, according to data from DownDetector.com, a website that tracks online service issues. And Google searches for "is Fidelity down" ...