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Bracing for more pain
Wall Street sees worst day since pandemic, investors caught off-guard brace for more pain, Trump open to tariff negotiations, Apple sheds over $300 billion in sell-off, and RH Chief reacts live to stock plunge during earnings call...
Market Briefing
April 04, 2025
Good morning.
The Fast Five → Wall Street sees worst day since pandemic, investors caught off-guard brace for more pain, Trump open to tariff negotiations, Apple sheds over $300 billion in sell-off, and RH Chief reacts live to stock plunge during earnings call…
🚨 Inside the plot to re-engineer America’s financial system »
- from Porter and Company
Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar
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Your 5-minute briefing for Friday, April 4:
BEFORE THE OPEN
As of market close 4/3/2025.
Pre-Market:
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US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 21.76% for Week of April 03 2025
Previous week: 27.42%. Updates every Friday.
Market Wrap:
Futures down: Dow -77 pts (-0.2%), S&P -0.1%, Nasdaq slightly lower.
Dow -1,600 pts Thurs; worst day for stocks since 2020.
S&P -4.8%, Nasdaq -6%, Russell 2000 enters bear market (-20%).
“Magnificent Seven” lost $1T+ in market value.
Tariffs hit April 5; Trump now open to trade talks.
Today: March jobs report (est. +140K, 4.1% jobless rate).
EARNINGS
None watched today. See full calendar here »
Presidential insider exposes shocking plot to reshape U.S. economy:
The 2025 Trump Reset
Inside Trump’s secret plan to trigger the greatest transfer of wealth since FDR and LBJ –
trillions of dollars could be redistributed.
HEADLINES
The S&P 500 fell almost 5% on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized President Trump’s action and weighed their responses.
Investors had been prepared for a shock heading into Trump's announcement of sweeping new tariffs on Wednesday, but many said what played out was the worst-case-scenario for markets.
Trump open to tariff negotiations, contradicting White House aides (more)
10-yr Treasury yield falls to lowest level since Oct after Trump tariffs (more)
Russell 2000 becomes first major US stock measure to enter bear market (more)
Billionaires lose combined $208 billion in one day (more)
Near-term inflation expectations surge (more)
Fed unlikely to rescue markets, economy from tariff turmoil anytime soon (more)
Oil prices tumbled to worst day in nearly three years (more)
Mortgage rates tumble on tariffs, but housing costs still near record high (more)
Apple sheds over $300 billion in tariff-fueled sell-off (more)
‘Oh Sh-t’: RH Chief reacts live to stock plunge during earnings call (more)
Buffett's Berkshire weathers tariff-fueled stock-market selloff (more)
Intel gains on report of joint venture deal with TSMC (more)
- We’re on a short break -
The Dealflow, Crypto & Bullish sections will be
back on Monday, April 7. Thank you for reading!
DAILY SHARES
Say it again babe.
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital)
1:04 AM • Apr 4, 2025
Recession dinners just hit different
— Ramp Capital (@RampCapitalLLC)
9:45 PM • Apr 3, 2025
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