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Health break. Stocks rallied yesterday on the wings of hope built from Trump comments and tweets. The President did his level best to give stock traders a cue to stop the slide in equities and traders responded positively.

Raise your weapon. It was a stormy day on Wall Street outside and inside the exchange as shares plunged in response to a Chinese tariff counterstrike. Investors’ optimism from Friday quickly vanished as China imposed a 25% tariff on $60 Billion in US exports and optimism turned to panic.

Round and round it goes. Friday provided stock traders with another roller coaster ride as shares started the day down on a late night tariff hike only to roar back in the afternoon on news of progress in talks. A U-turn in stocks later in the session was engineered by a Presidential tweet capping...

Hard hat area. Stocks took a wild ride yesterday opening down but getting a late session boost from a mention of a “beautiful” letter in a Trump press conference. Traders sold shares in the wake of Trump comments at a campaign rally with the threat of increased tariffs looming but things didn’t end...

The rattling of sabers. Stock traders were treated to a healthy dose of whipsaw yesterday as an early session rally turned into a late session selloff. An upbeat Trump tweet to start the day caused early buying which quickly faded as news that China was preparing countermeasures to tariffs...

It’s getting hot in here! Stocks fell sharply yesterday as trade fears just wouldn’t go away and the reality of a potential deal failure became a thing again. Traders just could not shake off the fears of a failed deal with China and started to do the math that eluded them on Monday.