I have $3,000 to invest: Should I go all in on SCHD or mix it with VOO?

I have $3,000 to invest: Should I go all in on SCHD or mix it with VOO?

The market climate at the time of this writing can be described in a number of ways, but “boring” is certainly not one of them. Ever since President Donald Trump announced his policy of reciprocal tariffs to level the international trade playing field, the stock and bond markets have both become cyclonic in their volatility. 2,000+ point intraday swings in either direction on the Dow Jones Average and a 50 basis point swing for the 10-year Treas…

Tariffs May Tank Markets, but Tax Cuts the Cure

More carrots, please! Feeling flogged by sticks, Wall Street greeted President Donald J. Trump’s “Liberation Day” with a bellowing Bronx cheer. On April 2, Trump unveiled 10% across-the-board tariffs on all imports, plus reciprocal taxes tailored to foil foreign tariffs on U.S. goods. Financial markets opened April 3 and swiftly wilted. After China slapped a retaliatory 34% tariff on American products early April 4, the key indices dropped like …

Did Investors Panic Sell When Tariffs Tanked the Market?

Daniel de Visé, USA Today What a study shows.

Tariffs tanked the stock market. Did investors panic and sell? Here's the data.

One large investment firm tracked the behavior of individual investors during the stock-market turbulence of early April. Here's what they found.

Nowhere To Hide When All Assets Plummet » TheTechnicalTraders

David and I dissect what has happened in the markets over the last few trading days, where we went from huge noisy volatility to hearing crickets sing while we enter a strange kind of limbo. Sign up for my free Investing newsletter here Key topics David and I discussed include: Ready to learn more about...

Donald Trump's tariff threats have caused extreme volatility on the stock markets. His policies are leading to significant uncertainty in the financial markets and a loss of confidence. The new episode of Money Manager explores what investors should do in such times.