Rising US bond prices have offset the slide in US equities so far this year, but the outlook for fixed income may be more precarious than the current rear-window perspective suggests.
The exemption sweep covering smartphones, laptops, and chips gives Big Tech a 90-day breather. Markets, whipsawed by tariff roulette and headline whiplash, needed it.
It's impossible to fathom what Trump expects from this process, as it won't be simply what he campaigned on. Old saying: 'fade Euphoria, and buy Despair'. Are we nearly there?
Investors should prepare for a 2008-style crisis.Benzinga warns of potential economic crisis predicted by Peter Schiff in 2008. Tariffs, rising interest rates, misguided Fed policy may cause trouble.
The appetite for risk has taken a hit in recent weeks, although the worst of the selling has, so far, been contained to US stocks, on a year-to-date basis.
A diversified approach, using exchange-traded funds in US stocks, international equities, and bonds, helps investors weather ongoing market volatility.
