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Stock market uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariffs has even casual investors anxiously watching the VIX, commonly called Wall Street’s panic index or fear gauge.The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index – known as VIX – measures market expectations of stock price changes over the next 30 days, according to Cboe Global Markets, which manages the index.Investors use it to anticipate how stocks will react in stressful economic times, including those caused by tariffs. If VIX activity goes up, the stock market will probably go down.On April 7, the index...

President Trump’s tariff regime has rocked investor confidence in what has long been considered not only a safe bet for investors, but a bedrock of the American economy: US Treasury bonds. The longstanding perception that Treasurys are a “risk-free” place to park money — a perception that has long been crucial for the US government, businesses and consumers alike to keep borrowing costs low — is being eroded as Wall Street struggles to make sense of Trump’s strategy, according to experts. “Put simply, the US long-bond rate — the Treasury...

Greg Bensinger and Deborah Mary Sophia  |  ReutersAmazon Alexa now wants you to go hands-free in a carColumnist Marc Saltzman reviews one of the hands-free driving options, Alexa in a car.Marc Saltzman, Special for USA TODAYAmazon AMZN.O chief executive Andy Jassy on Thursday justified the company's billions of dollars in outlays for artificial intelligence development, saying the investment was necessary to remain competitive."If your mission is to make customers' lives better and easier every day, and you believe every customer experience will be reinvented by AI, you're going to invest deeply and...

While the tariffs do not directly impact Singapore’s housing market, their knock-on effects on GDP growth and employment could weigh on home-buying sentiment (Photo: Samuel Isaac Chua/EdgeProp Singapore)In the Netflix series The Residence, a murder mystery set in the private quarters of the White House, there was one clear victim: the chief usher. In US President Donald Trump’s world-stage drama – the “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2 – the victim was no longer fictional but real and far more consequential: the global order.“The era of rules-based globalisation and free...

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...

Have you checked your 401k balance since President Donald Trump announced widespread tariffs last week on what he called “Liberation Day”? Chances are, it’s down — maybe way down. The markets have lost more than $11 trillion since Trump’s inauguration and more than half of that happened on Thursday and Friday, according to global investment research company Morningstar. On Monday, the CEO of the world’s largest asset manager, Larry Fink of Blackrock, said stock markets could fall by another 20% because of the tariffs and said the economy is probably...

US stock futures sank as Wall Street reacted to President Trump's massive tariffs on key US trading partners taking full effect on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) dropped down 1.8%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) fell 1.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) sunk 1.5%. Trump's so-called "reciprocal" tariffs — the announcement of which stunned markets last week — are in full effect. They continue to bring chaos to Wall Street, as stocks ended up on another roller-coaster ride of a session...

US stock futures sank as Wall Street girded for President Trump's massive tariffs on key US trading partners to take full effect starting Wednesday. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) dropped down 1.8%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) fell 1.9%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) sunk 1.5%. Trump's so-called "reciprocal" tariffs — the announcement of which stunned markets last week — are in full effect as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. They continue to bring chaos to Wall Street, as stocks ended up on another roller-coaster ride...

US stock futures sank as Wall Street girded for President Trump's massive tariffs on key US trading partners to take full effect starting Wednesday. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (ES=F) were down 1%, while those on the tech-heavy Nasdaq (NQ=F) fell 1.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) slide 1.1%. Trump's so-called "reciprocal" tariffs — the announcement of which stunned markets last week — are in full effect as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. They continue to bring chaos to Wall Street, as stocks ended up on another roller-coaster ride...