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Ron Insana: Confidence in the U.S. will be shaken if Trump seeks to remove Powell as Fed chair
Inflation, recession and stagflation won’t be the only driving forces behind investment decisions if President Donald Trump attempts to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell from his perch atop the central bank before he is set to step down. If the president were to fire the Fed chairman, I’d be inclined to recommend investors sell […]
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How investors are positioning ahead of a big March retail sales report
Tariffs and trade policies have been dominating the market action since April 2, but the March retail sales report still has the potential to impact investor confidence and positioning. Economists see sales rising 1.2% month over month, according to Dow Jones. A pull-forward of spending by consumers in an attempt to get ahead of higher […]
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Jeremy Siegel says stocks are ‘not out of the woods’ yet due to difficult China negotiations ahead
President Donald Trump’s pause on reciprocal tariffs is not an all clear signal for investors to embrace risk assets again, according to Jeremy Siegel, professor emeritus of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. “We’re not out of the woods on the tariff,” Siegel said on CNBC’s ” Squawk Box .” “We’ll see what […]
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Josh Brown says this is a classic ‘bear market bounce’
The comeback attempt stocks are staging Tuesday is little more than a blip in a still-concerning market, according to Ritholtz Wealth Management co-founder and CEO Josh Brown. “Put today’s bounce into the entry of classic bear market bounce, because that’s exactly what you have today,” Brown told CNBC’s “Halftime Report” on Tuesday. “When you look […]
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Hedge funds pile up record short bets against stocks as traders go into ‘self-protection mode’
Hedge funds loaded up on a record number of short bets against stocks as President Donald Trump’s steeper-than-expected tariffs wreaked havoc on Wall Street, according to Goldman Sachs’ prime brokerage data. Fast-money professional traders made their largest-ever, one-day net sales of global equities last week through Thursday, the day after Trump rolled out his sweeping […]
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U.S. stocks bearing the brunt of trillions in market value losses around the globe
No matter where you look, there have been significant losses in global markets, but they have not been distributed evenly. The S & P 500 closed Friday with a market capitalization of $42.99 trillion, a two-day loss of $5.06 trillion or 10.5% compared to its market capitalization Wednesday night, when President Trump raised U.S. tariffs […]
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S&P 500’s 10% 2-day collapse from Trump’s tariff shock ranks among the deepest in history
Financial markets that spent two years anticipating a recession that never came took two days to price in surging odds of a recession that might come by invitation. With one of the nastiest two-day selloffs in history following President Donald Trump’s launch of punitive tariffs on most trading partners, the stock market is in one […]
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CEOs think Trump’s tariff plan is a ‘huge mistake,’ says Altimeter’s Brad Gerstner
Key Points The leaders of corporate America think the tariff policies announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday went too far and will hurt the U.S. economy, according to Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner. “I talked to probably 10 CEOs who are all in the Business Roundtable — these are CEOs of the largest companies […]
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Wall Street analysts say Elon Musk is the clear auto tariff winner: ‘Tesla wins, Detroit bleeds’
Several analysts on Wall Street see a clear winner emerging from President Donald Trump ‘s new auto tariff policy: Tesla . Trump announced on Wednesday that all cars not made in the U.S. would be slapped with a 25% tariff beginning next week. The news sent shares of major American car producers in diverging directions […]
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