U.S. stocks’ rise has been as dramatic as their fall

Goldman Says Bear Market Rallies Are the Norm

The steep recovery in equity markets over the past two weeks is typical of bear market rallies, and the erratic swings mean almost every investor will experience pain whichever direction the market suddenly moves.

Our 2 best and 2 worst stocks since Trump's 'liberation day' tariff announcement

We're only a few trading days into May — and, thankfully, it's been a lot less volatile than April.

Trump's Tariffs: Market Recovery Following Dramatic Fall - Real News Now

Although it might seem like an eternity, it took just several weeks for the U.S. equity market to recover fully from the shock it endured on what is now referred to as ‘Liberation Day’, the day when President Donald Trump introduced tariffs that far exceeded Wall Street’s expectations on nearly all the U.S. trade allies. Unveiled on the 2nd of April, the gravity of these tariffs ignited apprehension that Trump was heedless of inducing an economi…

U.S. stocks’ rise has been as dramatic as their fall

It felt much longer, but the U.S. stock market needed just a few weeks to roar all the way back to where it was on President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day.” That’s when he shocked Wall Street by announcing much steeper tariffs than expected on nearly all U.S. trading partners. Read more...

Shares recover their losses since ‘Liberation Day’, says Fidelity International's Tom Stevenson - Wealth DFM

Tom Stevenson, Investment Director, Fidelity International comments: “Stock markets have been on a roller coaster ride so far this year. Initial optimism about tax cuts and deregulation morphed into a rotation out of the US on valuation and trade war fears. ‘Liberation Day’ compounded those tariff concerns and markets entered a technical bear market. Since then, optimism has reasserted itself as investors bet that the worst of the policy uncerta…

Pretiorates’ Thoughts 79 – When Correlations Crackle - FinanceFeeds

History repeats itself on the stock market – with astonishing regularity. The vast majority of investors behave in a similar way time and time again. No wonder, then, that experienced market observers talk about the notorious herd instinct. This has given rise to a form of technical analysis that has long been established in professional circles: fractal analysis. Past price movements are compared with current ones in the hope of identifying pat…