Is the Market Overreacting? Yardeni Thinks So
Yardeni Says Only a Lehman-Style Crash Could Justify Current Market Gloom U.S. stocks are sliding after the long holiday weekend, with fresh trade tensions centered on China and growing unease over Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s job security pushing the dollar lower. Add to that a heavy slate of earnings this week, and investors could be […]
Markets React to Trump-Powell Rift
Strategists Warn: Removing Fed Chair Would Rattle Markets and the Economy As President Donald Trump prepares for his second inauguration, concerns are rising on Wall Street about the stability of U.S. markets—particularly around the possibility that Trump may attempt to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. This speculation comes after a series of surprising policy […]
Why Investors May Be Misreading Recession Risks
Trump’s Tariff Strategy May Offer Temporary Market Relief, but Recession Risks Loom President Donald Trump’s latest tweaks to U.S. tariffs appear to have temporarily steadied financial markets. But that relief could be short-lived, warns Daniel von Ahlen, senior macro strategist at GlobalData TS Lombard. In a report shared with MarketWatch, von Ahlen expressed concern that […]
Wall Street Sees 10% Rebound—Should You Trust It?
Wall Street S&P 500 Forecasts Are More of a Sentiment Gauge Than a Crystal Ball, Says Strategist Wall Street’s year-end targets for the S&P 500 are better seen as a snapshot of current market sentiment rather than reliable predictions, according to one market strategist. The recent selloff in U.S. equities caught many Wall Street forecasters […]
S&P 500 Hits First Death Cross Since 2022
Latest S&P 500 ‘Death Cross’ Sends Mixed Signals About Market Direction Despite a continued rebound from last week’s gains, the S&P 500 reached a potentially bearish technical milestone on Monday — a “death cross,” its first since March 2022, according to Dow Jones Market Data. A death cross occurs when the index’s 50-day moving average […]
Apple & Nvidia Get Tariffs Break — For Now
Smartphones and Laptops Spared from China Tariffs—for Now, Says Commerce Secretary Smartphones and laptops were among a range of consumer electronics spared from the latest round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, offering what initially appeared to be a reprieve for tech giants like Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp. But that relief may be short-lived. […]
