I doubt anyone in the current US administration is going to make a move to help the stock market anytime soon, but the bond market might be the one that needs help if things get worse.
This is a ratio of HYG (high yield bonds) to IEI (7-10Y treasuries). When this chart drops, it shows traders are heading for the exits on riskier corporate bonds and are picking up more US Treasury bills.
BREAKING: Nikkei 225 futures just suspended trading after hitting circuit breakers on the downside
Warning signs of a Black Monday are everywhere: banks preparing for bank runs, crypto collapsing, and stock futures in freefall.
BTC -7% | ETH -14% | Nasdaq Futures -5%
Trump: “Sometimes you have to take medicine.”
Futures markets are open and the market is down bigly already.
Are you enjoying the Trump recession? I am not.
At the moment, $DOW futures are down around 5%.
Due to the high $DOW value, the point drops were high due to the large percentage drops as well.
You can see more futures data at https://t.co/Jr8tIRmIIc
Right now $DOW futures are indicating a +1,500 point drop.
That happened ONLY ONCE EVER in history back to back, which was last Thursday and Friday, April 3 and 4.
This means worst point drop in the $DOW in history is happening again, one day later.
BREAKING: Nasdaq-100 futures down 5.4%, S&P 500 futures down 3.84%
If this holds, this is the worst three day period in the market since 1987, worse than any three day Covid period.
Capital Trades: Tracking Stock Market Transactions of Politicians
NIO Revs Up Market with Battery Swap Tech
$NIO #stocks #finance #investing
Korean economist Ha-Joong Chang thinks the reason Trump’s tariffs are not going to raise productivity locally, is the hostility of the financial markets.
”They’re not going to invest the extra profits they get from the protection. The shareholders are just going to demand dividends, or more stock buybacks to raise the price.”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Shz3mSMqW04
#economics #tariffs #trump #finance #markets
#Trump #DonaldTrump #Tariffs #USA #Penguins #TradeWar #Trade #America #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStates #USPol #Politics #Business #Finance
No explanation needed. Trump attempted to put a tariff on chocolate biscuits after a misguided text conversation with his economics advisor on Signal…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯: “That means no more mortgages, no new real estate development, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function. And with it, capitalism as we know it ceases to be viable.”'
#climatechange #climate #capitalism #finance #insurance
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer
An excellent podcast analyzing and explaining the utter STUPIDITY and IRRATIONALITY of the new #tariffs regime and why it will FAIL to achieve any of the purported goals.
What business is going to rely on a mercurial and unserious #government to make significant capital investments in the #US. They’re more likely to do nothing at all.
#economy #finance #economics #idiocracy
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moodys-talks-inside-economics/id1559966912?i=1000702241073
BREAKING: The world's 500 richest people lost $500 billion this week, which is the largest ever recorded by Bloomberg.
The only one who made money? Warren Buffett.
Over 50 countries have reached out to Trump to negotiate new trade deals, US National Economic Council Director has said.
BREAKING: Gold has been reportedly been used to meet the largest margin calls since Covid 2020 from hedge funds this week, per Standard Chartered.
