Apr 20, 2025 | Investments
he S&P 500 index has now notched seven negative weeks out of nine, as tariff developments continue to sour sentiment. The U.S. and China’s trade war continued to heat up after chipmakers Nvidia and AMD disclosed billions in inventory write offs due to the...
Apr 6, 2025 | Investments
It was a historic week for Wall Street – but not in a good way. Donald Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs announcement on “Liberation Day” resulted in the biggest rout in U.S. stocks since the market crash of COVID-19 in 2020. The S&P 500...
Mar 16, 2025 | Investments
Donald Trump is escalating his global trade war, issuing increasingly wild threats as targets from China to Canada and Europe retaliate with tariffs of their own rather than retreat. In the meantime, the resulting chaos has driven the S&P 500 into a correction....
Mar 2, 2025 | Investments
Earlier this week, Trump affirmed that the previously announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico would go into effect on March 4. Then followed it up by saying that “China will likewise be charged an additional 10% tariff on that date”. The new tariff would be...
Feb 2, 2025 | Investments
Wall Street closed out a tough week on Friday with a 1% retreat, but overall, for the month of January, it was a positive story with an advance of nearly 3%. On Wednesday, the central bank maintained its key policy rate unchanged after three straight rate cuts to end...
Jan 5, 2025 | Investments
2025 began with the S&P 500 index ending lower in a holiday shortened week as Wall Street’s bull run lost some steam. After hefty yearly gains in 2024 with the S&P 500 returning 23.3%, investors took some money off the table. Additionally, uncertainty...
