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Bernardo de La Paz

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16. Because the market was expecting clarity and tariff taxes less than feared. The got higher than feared and no clarity.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 06:44 PM
Apr 2

The 3 major futures indices are down 2.3 %, 3.4%, and 4.3%.

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Did he say anything that wasn't expected? Why are futures tanking? unblock Apr 2 #1
This morning, they were all about how TFG cares about the market UpInArms Apr 2 #3
They would have waited to see if he flip flopped again. Bengus81 Apr 2 #4
MarketWatch Headline: "Stock futures tumble as Trump unveils higher tariffs than expected." . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #7
According to the pundits... Mike 03 Apr 2 #10
+Headline: "Trump's tariffs amount to 'worse than worst-case scenario' as investors brace for stock-market beatdown" Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #15
No one should be surprised by this IronLionZion Apr 3 #28
Lovely ... I am truly trilled to have a 10% tax added to everything UpInArms Apr 2 #2
But, but, but wolfie001 Apr 2 #19
Full of robots... Justice matters. Apr 2 #21
Yes! This! wolfie001 Apr 2 #22
Any way you look at it, the manual workforce is not there to fill openings. Justice matters. Apr 2 #23
Again...don't buy one FUCKING thing you that you don't need to survive. Put off any major Bengus81 Apr 2 #5
Investing.com - as far as i know, the panel on the right -- "US 30" is the DOW and "US 500" is the S&P 500 that includes progree Apr 2 #6
Those are either proxies for the indices or for the names of the indices because index names are trademarked. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Apr 2 #9
Because the market was expecting clarity and tariff taxes less than feared. The got higher than feared and no clarity. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #16
Did the U.S. dollar weaken too? I could swear one of the Bloomberg hosts Mike 03 Apr 2 #11
It's already lost 2 yen, or 1.3 cents, versus the Japanese yen RazorbackExpat Apr 2 #24
Trump is the type of guy who pisses into the wind. LS_Editor Apr 2 #12
Is the 10% baseline included for the countries on his chart or is it another 10% on top of what countries FloridaBlues Apr 2 #13
I think it is 10% on everything and the rest is extra on top, but there is nothing like the required clarity. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #17
After searching yes your right the 10% is on top of tariffs FloridaBlues Apr 2 #20
Dow futures down 955 points (-2.3%), S&P 500 futures down 3.4%, 631 PM EDT. That's serious futures activity progree Apr 2 #14
Buy the rumor, sell the news. OilemFirchen Apr 2 #18
The POS whipped out his financial sharpie with those idiotic charts. Doomed we are so n/t Cheezoholic Apr 2 #25
With Trump, we're losing our shirts. We're losing everything. C_U_L8R Apr 2 #26
They promised to lower prices IronLionZion Apr 3 #27
SOMEBODY made money today... BurnDoubt Apr 3 #29
Gosh, could they soften reality any more Miguelito Loveless Apr 3 #30
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