So, when critics say tariffs are just crony capitalism for incumbent firms, point them to the stock market. It’s not cheering. It’s panicking. Because this time, the rules really are changing.
If you’re looking for an explanation of why the stock market has been stumbling, the financial press has a ready-made answer: blame Trump’s tariffs.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central” that President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on Canada is making the stock market go “downhill faster than the American bobsled team.”
A wise man once said that the best investors buy from pessimists and sell to optimists.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping held a meeting with tech CEOs on Monday to discuss rebuilding China’s damaged economy and push back against America’s efforts to maintain high-tech supremacy.
President Donald Trump on Monday warned that China’s new DeepSeek chatbot should serve as a “wake-up call” to America’s artificial intelligence (A.I.) industry.
Chinese AI company DeepSeek has emerged as a potential challenger to U.S. tech giants, demonstrating breakthrough AI models that claim to offer performance comparable to leading offerings at a fraction of the cost. The entire U.S. market is taking a tumble on Monday morning as a result, but many analysts are skeptical of the company’s claims.
Shortly after delivering his inauguration address on Monday, President Donald Trump said 25-percent tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico could be imposed as soon as February 1.
Congressional Democrats appeared to greatly enhance their wealth in 2024, despite only earning a yearly salary of $174,000.
Establishment Republican Dan Crenshaw (TX) again ranked among the best at trading stocks in Congress, a study by Unusual Whales found Tuesday.
A super-majority of Americans, across racial and ethnic groups, think the stock market is important, according to the latest survey by YouGov for the Economist.
A private company in China with a name that riffs on “Trump Victory” surged by ten percent in value on Monday and Tuesday, even as blue-chip stocks on the Chinese market slid by up to one percent.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) stated that people should “stay out” of her “personal life,” when confronted by CNN over her failure to disclose her partner’s financial assets.
A billionaire investor recently claimed the stock market is quite sure who will win the November presidential election.
Paul Pelosi, the husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), sold between $500,000 and $1 million worth of Visa stock, according to public records, just weeks before the Justice Department launched a lawsuit against the credit card company on Tuesday.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released a campaign ad in response to a report that revealed her bill banning senators and their spouses from buying stocks would not apply to her spouse.
Republican megadonor and hedge fund billionaire John Paulson revealed that he would pull his money out of the stock market if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the upcoming presidential election, pointing to “uncertainty” around her economic policies.
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jared Bernstein responded to the August jobs report by stating that “the market has an overreaction function. Today’s a pretty simple story, if you keep
The federal funds futures market is pricing in a cut in each of the remaining three meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee this year.
Financial disclosure forms filed by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) since 2018 have reportedly been missing information, according to her attorney.
Absent some economic catastrophe, there’s almost no chance of an emergency rate cut in August.
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) stated that the downturn in the stock market “is probably a market correction” after “an incredible run over the past few years” in the market. And that rising tensions in
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) responded to the tumble in the stock market by stating that the Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates and “inflation is down pretty close to zero. And now,
Kamala Harris and her campaign have not mentioned the stock market crash in any of their more than a dozen social media posts on Monday.
While we cannot say for sure that the death of the soft-landing and the market sell-off was caused by Kamala Harris, surely anyone investigating the matter should consider the vice president a person of interest.
Former President Donald Trump ripped Vice President Kamala Harris for the sharp drop in stock market indexes in the United States on Monday, declaring that the markets will not “accept” Harris and calling her a “Radical Left Lunatic.”
The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.
GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance is calling out Vice President Kamala Harris for her silence after major U.S. stock indexes saw sharp falloffs.
As global fears sparked a massive sell-off in stocks and cryptocurrencies on Monday, investors were left frustrated by outages at major brokerages including Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments.
Then Breitbart Economic Editor John Carney explains Friday’s bad jobs report that sent global markets plunging on Monday.
The global stock market panic hit stocks in the U.S. Monday morning.
The Disney Grooming Syndicate has watched its already-embattled stock take a serious dive over the last few months.
Shares of former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social social media platform rose significantly after the assassination attempt against him.
Jerome Powell might want to look away from the stock market. It’s making a mockery of the idea that financial conditions are sufficiently restrictive.
Approximately 1,000 Family Dollar and Dollar Tree stores are scheduled to be closed after “botched” business decisions and a “surprise fourth-quarter loss,” with the company’s shares taking a tumble.
Japan’s economy and currency weakened somewhat more than expected in 2023, causing it to slide behind Germany to become the world’s fourth-largest economy.
India’s stock market is soaring as investors seek an alternative to China’s faltering economy and oppressive policies.
Scott Bessent, a billionaire investor, expects the stock market to continue to rally whenever former President Donald Trump leads Democrat President Joe Biden in general election polling. If Trump beats Biden in November, Bessent expects a huge and long-sustained boom in the market.
Congressional lawmakers from both sides of the aisle disclosed $1 billion worth of financial transactions in 2023, a report by Unusual Whales found Tuesday, an estimate based on the maximum disclosed amounts.
Several establishment members of Congress were among the top lawmakers to successfully trade stocks in 2023, a report by Unusual Whales found Tuesday.
