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Delta (DAL) and Walmart (WMT) on Wednesday started what is sure to be a lengthy period of companies cutting or withdrawing their forecasts as a result of tariff uncertainty. But cutting guidance so an executive team can buy itself time to figure out what constitutes success for its business under this new tariff regime is only one way companies will use these events for cover. Another way involves finishing off what was started after the pandemic: downsizing. In 2022, a wave of layoffs blew through the corporate world, most notably...

Tesla Stock Price Levels to Watch Amid Recent Volatility 52 minutes ago Tesla (TSLA) shares tumbled Thursday after surging 23% yesterday following President Trump's decision to delay some tariffs for 90 days. The electric vehicle maker's stock has faced significant selling pressure in recent weeks amid worries about weaker-than-expected deliveries and political backlash to CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in the Trump administration. Uncertainty over the Trump administration's tariffs have added to concerns, with Musk reportedly urging the president earlier this week to reverse Washington's sweeping import duties. After falling below the 200-day moving average in early March, Tesla...

U.S. stocks extended their retreat into Thursday afternoon trading, while Treasury yields moved and the dollar resumed its recent slump, as global markets continued to react to the dramatic tariff U-turn unveiled yesterday by President Donald Trump. Updated at 2:27 PM EDT Gold roared back to a fresh record high in late-morning trading, with spot prices rising 2.72% to $3,171.49 per ounce, taking the bullion's year-to-date advance to around 20%. Spot prices were last marked at around $3,164.50 per ounce. The moves suggest investors are shunning the U.S. dollar as...

A haunting childhood moment defined how John Kakuk would think about investing his own money when the time came. During the 2008 financial crisis, his mother asked him if he would be willing to contribute the meager savings in his piggy bank to his family’s grocery fund should his father, a lawyer, lose his job.“She was very anxious,” Mr. Kakuk, then 12, remembered.His family averted disaster. “As far as I know, we didn’t miss a mortgage payment, we didn’t get a car repossessed, nothing like that,” recalled Mr. Kakuk, 28,...

US stock futures pointed toward losses in Thursday's session after the major indexes staged a historic rally as President Trump paused many of his largest tariff hikes on trading partners. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) were down 0.3%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) fell 0.8%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) slipped 0.1%. Stocks are coming one of their biggest one-day rallies since World War II. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) had its best day since 2008, gaining 9.5%. The Dow (^DJI) rallied nearly 3,000 points....

US stock futures pointed toward further gains in Thursday's session after the major indexes staged a historic rally as President Trump paused many of his largest tariff hikes on trading partners. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) were up 0.3%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) rose 0.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) rose 0.4%. Stocks are coming one of their biggest one-day rallies since World War II. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) had its best day since 2008, gaining 9.5%. The Dow (^DJI) rallied nearly 3,000...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days to more than 75 U.S. trading partners except for China, whose tariff rate he said will increase to 125%, effective immediately.U.S. markets reacted favorably, surging higher in afternoon trading. The Dow gained nearly 3,000 points and the S&P 500 rose 474. The Nasdaq rose more than 1,800.Trump's decision is the latest is a series of market-wrenching moves that have taken place since the president announced a series of tariffs on April 2. Stock market declines and a...

As the S&P 500 approached a 20% drop over the past week, investors made clear one thing they thought could stop the selling. President Trump needed to back off the tariffs. Given that the president jacking up tariffs to their highest level in a century had been the primary catalyst for one of the worst three-day sell-offs in the S&P 500 since World War II, investors felt the only real lever to stop the bleeding was a changing of tides from Trump. "We need to see some evidence of some...

Editor's note: This article was originally published April 7 and has been updated with the latest market information. Stock, bond and commodity ETFs were mixed Wednesday, with S&P 500 funds like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) rebounding into the green after four days of declines and a tumble into bear market territory, while Treasury prices fell as investors try to make sense of President Donald Trump’s tariff war. The biggest U.S. exchange-traded funds, including VOO, the SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) and the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV),...

Maurie Backman  |  The Motley FoolUS stocks suffer worst quarter since 2022 amid tariffs fearsTwo major US stock indexes ended their worst quarter in over two years, with the S&P 500 dropping 4.5% and the Nasdaq dipping 10.4%.The Dow Jones dropped 1.3%, marking its first consecutive monthly loss since October 2023, as the broader market faces uncertainty ahead of Trump's new tariffs.unbranded - NewsworthyA tumbling stock market has many Americans worried about their retirement portfolios. And if you feel similarly, that's quite understandable.Even if you've been through a stock market...