SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)

At this point, this isn’t just a trade dispute — it’s a systemic repricing of the global economic order.

U.S. sanctions and Trump’s tariffs are forcing global central banks to ditch U.S. treasuries for gold, the dollar is entering a structural decline, and a coming economic slowdown could pull the S&P 500 down to the low 4,000s.

Is this the capitulation bottom, or will those who had been calling for correction wake up to a bear market?

When an honest trade happens, both sides win. Each gets something he didn’t have before and gives up something he considers less valuable. Bringing in politics just queers the deal.

In favor of a potential upward reversal we are technically very oversold right now, but we also have to acknowledge this is a rather crazy news-driven market prone to severe whipsaws.

The S&P 500 is still 1,140 points higher than the corresponding long-term trend value of 3,934 for April 2025.

This is cost-push inflation, not demand-pull which was experienced during Covid. Many fear the US economy is headed for stagflation.

When you take a market that's very complacent with very high valuations that's already beginning to show signs of leakage, it doesn't really take much to really accelerate things and and throw the fuel onto the fire.

As Inflation Bugs sell indiscriminately, the gold mining Macrocosm (of proper macro-fundamentals) is engaged.

The positives are still elusive. The breadth indicators show the possibility of a serious decline in prices in the near future.

The bad news is that the tariff announcements were far worse than expected. The good news is that the tariffs were far worse than expected.

With changes in the geopolitical and economic landscape occurring today on a scale we haven’t seen in decades, it may be wise for investors to study history beyond the recent past in order to truly understand the ramifications.

This week Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs tank $2.4 trillion in market value, China hit back hard, and Buffett bled billions.

Anyone with a long-term 5 to 20 year time horizon can benefit from buying the QQQ and SPY now.

In today’s video, I’m giving a key technical update on the S&P 500 ETF (SPY), breaking down critical support and resistance levels, indicators I’m using, and what swing traders should watch for next during this stock market crash.

China just punched back, and for stocks it was a body blow.

Wall Street's decline blamed on tech stocks, not Trump's tariffs. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says reassessment of AI valuations triggered selloff.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled patience on rate cuts amid rising uncertainty, while U.S. President Donald Trump framed the current moment as an opportunity to lower borrowing costs and sustain economic momentum.

Wall Street sees worst week for U.S. equities since March 2020 as selloff continues, fueled by fears of global trade war and inflation risks.

Fed Chair Powell signals cautious policy stance amid slowing economy, trade uncertainty and inflation concerns. Trump urges rate cuts.

Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel on Friday issued a strong warning about President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff policy. Siegel argues Trump's tariff policy could be more damaging than the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.

Economists are weighing in on the positive jobs report as fears of a global trade war roil the markets.

Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives on Friday morning described Trump's tariffs as a "bad science experiment that in the process will cause an economic Armageddon in our view and crush the tech trade."