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Truces and a soft Trump on tariffs are good for stocks

Donald Trump remains the human curveball that can make or break stocks. This week’s gains were helped by his surprise bombings of Iran and the truce between the warring parties in the Middle East. All of this was then helped by news that the President’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said July 9 was not a “critical” deadline date for tariffs to be imposed of the USA’s trading partners. TACOs, anyone?

Peter Switzer · June 28, 2025

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Israel and Iran take centre stage for stocks

After a week when the Israel-Iran war has taken centre stage and the fear that President Trump could defy his own pre-election promises about avoiding taking the US into war, stocks have defied volatility.

Peter Switzer · June 21, 2025

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Israel trumped Trump’s pluses for stocks

Just when Donald Trump-v-China on the trade battlefield was giving Wall Street and other global markets optimism and higher stock prices

Peter Switzer · June 14, 2025

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Trump and Musk: trumped by the more important

US markets were up strongly overnight, despite human headline Donald Trump who began an all-out fallout with his once close compatriot, Elon Musk - the man who would usurp him and dropped an Epstein-sized bomb on his way out of Washington this week.

Peter Switzer · June 7, 2025

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Trump the de-escalator has become a re-escalator

Trump’s up to his old tricks and the U-turner and stock market de-escalator has now become a re-escalator, with a 50% tariff threat on the European Union, spooking stock markets on Friday

Peter Switzer · May 24, 2025

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The new and improved Trump is a market mover

It’s been another positive day for US stocks with the Dow up 0.78%, the S&P 500 0.70% higher and the Nasdaq some 0.52% up, despite a weaker-than-expected consumer sentiment number from the University of Michigan coming in at the second lowest result ever!

Peter Switzer · May 17, 2025

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Trump’s turning on the tariff charm and markets like it

With US President Donald Trump now playing Mr Nice Guy on the tariffs front, global stock markets are lapping it up.

Peter Switzer · May 10, 2025

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5 days in a row of markets going up

The Trump U-turns on tariffs have been a great fillip for stocks. Reasonable trade deals are now what’s needed to keep this momentum going.

Peter Switzer · May 3, 2025

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Trump U-turned and stocks U-turned!

Yes, stock markets have lapped up the Trump U-turns on tariffs! We can only hope that the US President and his team of yes men and women have learnt this lesson

Peter Switzer · April 26, 2025

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It was Trump-v-Powell. Powell wins on points!

It’s a good sign that Wall Street was able to finish on a positive note, with all four most-watched indexes (i.e. the Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000) all ending up over 1%

Peter Switzer · April 19, 2025