Category: Stocks and Bonds

Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge

The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.
The Fed Isn’t Rushing to Save the Markets This Time

With stocks in a steep decline and tariffs inducing recession jitters, the patience of investors may be tested.
Investors Recoil From Trump’s Pledge to Remake the Global Economy

Stocks hadn’t fallen this far this fast since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. A 9.1 percent drop in the S&P 500 is the steepest weekly decline since March 2020.
Trump’s Tariffs Drive Another Market Meltdown

A rapidly escalating trade war has socked stocks as investors weigh the fallout from President Trump’s tariff barrage.
How to Protect Your Retirement Savings Now as Markets Plunge

If you’re within five years of retiring, either before or after, you’re at your most vulnerable financially. Here are steps to weather the volatility.
Stocks Fall Further as Concern About Tariffs Deepens

Markets in Asia reflected investors’ continued worries about the economic disruption of President Trump’s trade policies.
With the Worst U.S. Stock Market In Years, Try Some Old-Fashioned Investments

People have avoided huge losses by holding old-fashioned, well-balanced investments, an approach our columnist is banking on for the future.
Volkswagen will add an ‘import fee’ to cars sold in the U.S.

The company’s move is one of the first and clearest examples of automakers using price increases to deal with the 25 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on car and auto parts imports.
Nike, Lululemon and Other Consumer Stocks Hit Hard by Trump’s Tariffs

Many sportswear brands shifted production away from China to avoid tariffs imposed years ago, but now they face punishing levies targeting alternative manufacturing hubs.
Apple Plunges 9 Percent, Leading a Tech Sell-Off

The company counts on the sale of devices for three-quarters of its nearly $400 billion in annual revenue, and it makes almost all of its iPhones, iPads and Macs overseas.
The Fallout from Trump’s Reign of Tariffs

Global markets were in a tailspin on Thursday as policymakers and trade partners expressed dismay over president’s latest trade-war salvo.
Stock Markets Slide After Trump Unveils Tariffs

The initial market reaction suggested that the scale of the tariffs on Wednesday had come as a surprise and analysts were still trying to figure out how they had been derived.