Higher quality stocks with more achievable relative growth rates and earnings estimates could be investors’ best bets for hedging against mounting market uncertainty, according to Trivariate Research. Rising uncertainty stemming from President Donald Trump’s April 2nd “reciprocal” tariff rollout has plagued markets , with the S & P 500 suffering a four-day string of losses and then rebounding last Wednesday for its third-biggest one-day gain since World War II. Trivariate Research founder and CEO Adam Parker doesn’t see much relief for investors anytime soon, and he doesn’t anticipate an eventual “V-shaped” fundamental recovery, either. “We are less optimistic about the…
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Republican Party headquarters is damaged in a fire in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., in this handout image released on March 30, 2025.New Mexico GOP | Via ReutersThe Department of Justice on Monday said it charged a New Mexico man in connection with arson attacks in Albuquerque targeting a Tesla showroom and the state’s Republican Party headquarters.Albuquerque resident Jamison Wagner, 40, faces two federal counts of malicious damage or destruction of property by fire or explosives, the DOJ said in a press release.The arrest is the latest in a series of criminal cases filed in connection with attacks on Tesla properties,…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Thursday evening, Tennessee’s quarterbacks gathered for an annual tradition, with Nico Iamaleava among them.On their off day ahead of Saturday’s spring game, Tennessee’s quarterbacks sat around the table at quarterbacks coach Joey Halzle’s home. His wife, Cara, made tacos. It was mostly business as usual, despite a report earlier in the day that returning starter Iamaleava was in negotiations for a new contract. He’d all but begun the era of school-affiliated collectives spending big money on recruits when he signed an $8 million deal with Tennessee as a high school senior for his name, image and likeness.A…
Emboldened by President Trump, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary on Monday escalated his culture war against what he calls “gender madness,” after his governing party voted to amend the Constitution to mandate that all Hungarians are either male or female.The amendment proposed by the government was endorsed by Parliament, where the prime minister’s Fidesz party has a large majority. It was the latest in a series of moves by Mr. Orban to rev up his conservative base and distract attention from economic problems and a surging opposition movement ahead of elections next year.“The international gender network must take its…
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 11, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersWild intraday gyrations in stocks since “liberation day” have put investors more on edge than ever, and the popularity of zero-day-to-expiration options is partly to blame.Zero-day-to-expiration options are contracts that expire the same day that they’re traded. The trading volume of 0DTE options tied to the S&P 500 surged to 8.5 million in April, a 23% jump since the beginning of the year and accounting for roughly 7% of the total volume in U.S. option markets, according to…
A few stocks in the S & P 500 are headed towards a worrisome chart pattern as rising trade tensions put pressure on global markets Walt Disney and Bank of America are among the names about to form a “death cross,” a chart pattern that forms when a stock’s 50-day moving average falls below its downward-trending 200-day moving average. This pattern signals that a stock’s momentum is weakening and could dip even further. This comes during a period of extreme volatility for the market, which has experienced a deep sell-off after President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement earlier this…
A worker rests in a factory making steel bike rims for export to the U.S. in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Friday, April 11, 2025. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesIf China is going to lose some manufacturing as a result of President Trump’s tariffs, the U.S. manufacturing sector won’t be the main beneficiary, according to a new CNBC Supply Chain Survey. The Trump administration says a reshoring boom is coming, but most companies tell CNBC that the costs could as much as double to bring supply chains back and instead a new search for low-tariff regimes around…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Four miles west of Augusta National Golf Club, in the Forest Hills section of town, where colonial revivals mix with brick Tudors, dusk settled in over a garden party Wednesday. It was the night before the 2025 Masters Tournament, and Nick Faldo and Ben Crenshaw sat on a back porch for a soiree typical for this time of year around here. Small, exclusive, deep-pocketed. A fireside chat between the two Masters winners was tabbed as the highlight of the evening. Faldo and Crenshaw did their part, playing the hits and telling one story after another.Then the topic…
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller speaks during The Clearing House Annual Conference in New York City, U.S. November 12, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersFederal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Monday he expects the impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on prices to be “transitory,” embracing a term that got the central bank in trouble during the last bout of inflation.”I can hear the howls already that this must be a mistake given what happened in 2021 and 2022. But just because it didn’t work out once does not mean you should never think that way again,” Waller said in remarks for…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Apple — The stock added more than 2% as sentiment on tech shares broadly rose Monday. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that several electronic devices and components will be exempt from U.S. tariffs . The policy benefits Apple given that the majority of the iPhone maker’s products are manufactured in China. Several Wall Street analysts were relieved following the exemption , but said Apple still faces growth concerns amid a weaker macroeconomic environment. China tech stocks — U.S. shares of Chinese tech firms gained on the heels of the Trump…
