Futures Slide After WaPo Report Trump Seeks 20% Tariffs On Most Imports
"Investors are grappling with what could be announced this week"
"Investors are grappling with what could be announced this week"
Gold's best start to a year since 1986... as Stagflation fears soar
"It’s all about the tariff uncertainty"
...stagflation fears up, rate-cut expectations up, gold up, stocks down.
“Tariffs are creating a lot of fears in the market"
...gold's 16% QTD advance is precious metal's best quarterly gain since 1986...
"Tariffs are front and center on people’s minds"
“I start to see the beginning of some kind of bubble,”
"Uncertainty on the tariff front remains ridiculously high"
A waste of a day
"Between now and the 2nd of April, it’s just a phase of wait and see."
...tariff twist & turns... and 'hope' continues to fade for Main Street as 'hard' data improves but 'soft' survey data tumbles...
“This raises the possibility that some sectors and countries may fare better than others, helping explain market optimism"
...'hawkish' FedSpeak from Goolsbee and Williams trumped by Trump's "flexibility" over 'Liberation Day' tariffs...
"The Fed revised their growth forecast lower earlier this week, so the whole street is moving their forecast lower"
"April 2nd is Liberation Day in America!!!"
“Markets are still expecting the Fed to be able to come to the rescue of the economy if the economy slows down"
“People really like that” when the Fed did the last [QT taper]...
"Investors continue to search for a policy circuit breaker, either from the White House or the Fed"
Good news was bad news today...
