US stocks experienced a volatile trading session on Monday, resulting in a significant drop.  This occurred as the White House maintained a defiant stance following the implementation of unexpectedly high tariff rates on major US trading partners, which triggered a market meltdown. Additionally, US President Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on China as […]

• April 07, 2025 10:23 AM PDT
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Venezuela’s inflation crisis worsened in March 2025, with consumer prices surging 13.1% in a single month, according to the Venezuelan Finance Observatory, an independent monitoring group. The jump adds to an already alarming annual inflation rate, which has climbed by 19 percentage points to reach a staggering 136%. Core inflation — excluding volatile food and […]

• April 07, 2025 09:51 AM PDT
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EU trade ministers decided to impose retaliatory duties on certain US imports starting next week. However, they favor negotiations with US President Donald Trump to eliminate existing tariffs instead of further retaliation. The 27-nation bloc will face a 20% tariff on nearly all goods and a 25% tariff on steel, aluminum, and cars starting on […]

• April 07, 2025 09:40 AM PDT
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President Donald Trump has directed a key US national security panel to reevaluate Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of US Steel, reigniting hopes that the high-profile deal could still move forward. The move sent US Steel shares soaring over 13% as investors bet on a possible reversal of earlier opposition based on national security concerns. In […]

• April 07, 2025 09:24 AM PDT
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US tech stocks have been the hardest hit in recent weeks as Trump’s new trade policies continued to push investors to other sectors and assets in search of stability. Investors seem increasingly concerned that a global trade war in response to the US tariffs could lead to a broad-based recession that tends to particularly hurt […]

• April 07, 2025 09:03 AM PDT
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President Donald Trump warned on Monday that the United States would impose an additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports if Beijing does not roll back a recently announced retaliatory duty on US goods. The threat marks an escalation in trade tensions and raises the stakes ahead of an April 8 deadline. “If China does not […]

• April 07, 2025 09:03 AM PDT
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Bond markets around the world are surging as investors rush to safer assets, driven by a sharp selloff in global equities following former US President Donald Trump’s recent tariff announcement. Fears of a potential global economic slowdown and heightened market uncertainty have triggered a steep drop in government bond yields across major economies. In Europe, […]

• April 07, 2025 08:31 AM PDT
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Donald Trump’s tariff strategy is not only aggressive, but perhaps mathematically impossible as well. With a new formula tying import taxes to the US trade deficit with individual countries, the administration claims it’s restoring fairness. But the simplicity of that formula masks a deep misunderstanding of how trade deficits actually work and why treating them […]

• April 07, 2025 08:07 AM PDT
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US stocks, as represented by the benchmark S&P 500 index, have already crashed some 20% due to Trump tariffs and the subsequently emerging trade war in recent weeks. Still, billionaire investor Leon Cooperman is not entirely convinced that SPX has hit a bottom yet. “I don’t want to forecast the bottom. I want to see […]

• April 07, 2025 07:43 AM PDT
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Brazilian financial markets are suffering substantial turmoil as a result of US President Donald Trump’s unrelenting tariff policies. According to local media outlet InfoMoney, early trading on Monday revealed that Ibovespa Futures fell substantially, echoing a broader trend in global markets where pessimism has taken hold. Investors are widely hoping that the Federal Reserve (Fed) […]

• April 07, 2025 07:19 AM PDT
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