Wall Street needs to get a grip about Trump’s tariffs

[Winco]

The draw out and dividend rates continue exactly the same. Yes some 200k accounts are now down to 180-190 and nothing like your make pretend 20% . Those funds have a long way to go before being adversely effected, Your spew stems from not providing for yourself and trying to fear trip others into your misguided misery

The Market, had declined from:

Dow....from 44,025 to a low of 37,103. FACT

I'll do the math for you.

44,025 - 37,103 =6,922

6,922/44,025 = 0.157. A 15.7 % decline, at this point.

 

[Lesh]

Mine is currently down considerably.
Thanks for asking

Thank Trump

He did that

 

[GMCGeneral]

Most MAGAs don't have a 401(k).

No need. I have a PENSION, dipshit

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Um...retard?

That's a $300 billion TAX INCREASE on all of America. And if you think that will come out of corporate profits, then you are demonstrating your total ignorance of how our economy works.

That TAX INCREASE on importers will be passed onto YOU. It will come out of YOUR pocket.

Yep, and those same tards will fight against increasing the corporate income tax for exactly that reason. They talk out both sides of their mouths because they don't really understand what they are talking about; they just operate as programmed.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

No need. I have a PENSION, dipshit

And you think your PENSION fund is just sitting in a bank account somewhere?

That's invested too, "dipshit."

 

[kyzr]

Only if you're a D- economics student.
That was the simplistic definition for people who couldn't do actual economics.
The NBER is who uses real economics to determine a recession.

google the definition, it has always been 2 quarters of negative GDP. Its not changing dumbass.
A period during which economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product, declines for at least two quarters in a row in a specific country. If the decline is severe and long, such as greater than ten percent, it may be termed a depression.

 

[Billiejeens]

Thank Trump

He did that

Thank you President Trump.

 

[Lesh]

Thank you President Trump.

Call him whatever makes you “feel” good but he made you poorer

 

[Billiejeens]

Call him whatever makes you “feel” good but he made you poorer

The stock market is just one piece of the puzzle.

 

[forkup]

The stock market is just one piece of the puzzle.

You're right. The bond market is more significant.

Usually when stocks drop, investors park their money in bonds. Didn't happen this time. They simply withdrew their money out of the US economy entirely. This will impact stuff like mortgages. Consumer confidence is dropping, and at the moment the economy is churning on the stocks that importers made pre-tariffs. In a few months those stocks will be depleted. This will cause a MASSIVE increase in the price of consumer goods (inflation). Add to this the fact that Trump has antagonized the electorate in the usual allied nations meaning their governments will have to try to balance economic needs with the need to get reelected.

The full "puzzle" is grim.

 

[Billiejeens]

Your right. The bond market is more significant.

Usually when stocks drop, investors park their money in bonds. Didn't happen this time. They simply withdrew their money out of the US economy entirely. This will impact stuff like mortgages. Consumer confidence is dropping, and at the moment the economy is churning on the stocks that importers made pre-tariffs. In a few months those stocks will be depleted. This will cause a MASSIVE increase in the price of consumer goods (inflation).

The full "puzzle" is grim.

Your opinions are stupid.

 

[forkup]

Your opinions are stupid.

Call it an opinion if it makes you feel better. Simply stating the full consequences of what is happening, providing the situation stays the same.

 

[Lesh]

The stock market is just one piece of the puzzle.

Oh yeah. I’m sure you have all kinds of irons in the fire

Sure

 

[Billiejeens]

Oh yeah. I’m sure you have all kinds of irons in the fire

Sure

WOOOOOOSH

 

[Lesh]

Your opinions are stupid.

Wong moron. Your response is stupid

What he posted was reality

 

[Billiejeens]

Wong moron. Your response is stupid

What he posted was reality

Your opinions are not any better.

 

[cnm]

Trump had a bad plan for implementing tariffs, he sunk the market when he didn't need to.

Doubleplus ungood, Citizen kyzr.

The Ministry of Truth would like a word.

 

[cnm]

Trump sabotaged the TPP just because Hillary was involved. He's an idiot.

He told you rubes it was bad without knowing anything about it, and without any of you rubes knowing anything about it.

As a result, China was made stronger as they filled the vacuum.

Of course China is not signatory to the CPTPP if that's what you are implying.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

It’s time for Wall Street to get a grip.

The Trump tariff policies are a calculated gamble that the threat of tariffs can fundamentally remake the global economy and retilt it in the direction of the United States — and away from China and other beggar-thy-neighbor countries.

But whether they work or not, Wall Street elites have convinced themselves that these tariffs are worse than the pandemic that stopped the entire economy, or the 2009 economic crisis that put 10 million people out of work.

And so far, nothing has happened. It’s all speculation about what could happen.

Wall Street regularly overreacts on both the upside and the downside. However, in judging the potential impact of the Trump tariffs, the first place to look is the basic math.

These tariffs, even if enacted, would be only a small part of the US economy — no more than about 1% of our economic activity.

And if they were enacted, that money would not go into corporate profits but into the US Treasury, about $300 billion a year.

The United States has an annual GDP of $28 trillion. We are the world’s largest importer, but that’s because we have the No. 1 economy in the world by far.

Relative to our size, imports are a much smaller percentage than most people think: We import about $3 trillion in goods from other countries each year, or only about 11% of our economy.

Mostly these imports are a combination of finished goods and parts we incorporate into other goods (such as the windshield wiper on the car).

Read More at -https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/opinion/get-a-grip-about-trumps-tariffs-this-is-only-1-of-the-economy/


BJ -

Nice Opinion Piece/breakdown of the issue (this morning)
by Mark Penn -


That’s why a lot of countries are lining up to make new trade deals and lower their tariffs.

China has the most to lose in a trade war. It exports about 20% of its economy, so exports are a much bigger deal for the Chinese than for us.

Its their money. They choose not to finance idiocy.

 

[Lesh]

This is like saying… that tail really needs to get control of that dog

Stupid fucks