Trump Has The Stock Market and Fed Cornered
The stock market selloff continues amid the escalation of the trade wars between the US and 180 other countries. It’s left investors asking the questions:
Where is the bottom?
Are we headed for a recession?
Unfortunately, the answers are largely rooted in the decisions that President Trump makes in the coming days and weeks. There have been talks about the Fed decreasing rate, tax reform getting passed sooner, negotiations beginning with 50 of the 180 countries that we placed tariff on, but in this article we are going to explain why all of these solutions may be too little too late when it comes to the overall negative impact that tariff are currently having on the US economy.
Trump Tariffs 2025 versus Trump Tariffs 2017 to 2020: The Stock Market Reaction
President Trump just announced tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China that will go into effect this week, which has sent the stock market sharply lower. I have received multiple emails from clients over the past 24 hours, all asking the same question:
“With the Trump tariffs that were just announced, should we be going to cash?”