FOLKS, AS PREDICTED WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING GROUNDHOG DAY VOLATILITY WHICH HISTORICALLY CAN COME TWO WEEKS EITHER SIDE OF OUR FURRY FRIEND’S APPEARANCE
What will Punxsutawney Phil see or not see? Updated Monday following Sunday’s event! Not important, but we’re definitely in an important a fairly regular cycle period.
https://www.howestreet.com/2025/01/trump-tariff-war-vs-canada-about-to-start-mark-leibovit/
ULTIMATE PROOF THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE PARTY OF VIOLENCE
https://tinyurl.com/5n8suszk
White House Confirmation Tariffs Will Take Effect Leads To Downturn On Wall Street
After showing a strong move to the upside early in the session, stocks came under pressure over the course of the trading day on Friday. The major
averages pulled back well off their early highs and into negative territory.
The major averages finished the day just off their lows of the session. The Dow slid 337.47 points or 0.8 percent to 44,544.66, the S&P 500 fell 30.64
points or 0.5 percent to 6,040.53 and the Nasdaq dipped 54.31 points or 0.3 percent to 19,627.44.
For the week, the Dow rose by 0.3 percent, but the S&P 500 slumped by 1.0 percent and the Nasdaq tumbled by 1.6 percent.
Stocks showed a notable move to the downside in afternoon trading after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed President Donald Trump’s
threatened tariffs will be levied against major U.S. trading partners beginning Saturday.
Leavitt said the Trump administration will be implementing 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada as well as a 10 percent tariff on China.
The White House press secretary said the tariffs were being imposed in response to the illegal fentanyl the countries have “sourced and allowed to
distribute into our country, which has killed tens of millions of Americans.”
The news the tariffs will be implemented led to concerns about higher inflation keeping the Federal Reserve on hold for longer.
Earlier in the day, stocks benefited from a positive reaction to earnings news from Apple (AAPL), which reported fiscal first quarter results that
exceeded analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines.
Shares of Apple pulled back well off their best levels as the day progressed, however, with the tech giant falling by 0.7 percent after surging by as much
as 4.0 percent.
Buying interest was also generated in reaction to a closely watched Commerce Department report showing consumer prices in the U.S. increased in line with
economist estimates in the month of December.
Meanwhile, a slump by shares of Chevron (CVX) weighed on the Dow, with the energy giant plunging by 4.6 percent after reporting weaker than expected
fourth quarter earnings.
Sector News
Oil stocks moved sharply lower over the course of the session, dragging the NYSE Arca Oil Index down by 2.9 percent. The plunge by Chevron weighed on the
sector along with a decrease by the price of crude oil.
An increase by treasury yields also weighed on housing stocks, as reflected by the 2.6 percent slump by the Philadelphia Housing Sector Index.
Natural gas, steel and transportation stocks also saw considerable weakness, while significant strength remained visible among networking stocks.
Other Markets
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region turned in a mixed performance on Friday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index edged up by 0.2
percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200Index climbed by 0.5 percent, while South Korea’s Kospi slid by 0.8 percent.
Meanwhile, the major European markets all moved modestly higher on the day. While the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index rose by 0.3 percent, the French CAC 40 Index
inched up by 0.1 percent and the German DAX Index closed just above the unchanged line.
In the bond market, treasuries slid firmly into negative territory after showing a lack of direction early in the session. Subsequently, the yield on the
benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price, climbed 5.7 basis points to 4.569 percent.
Looking Ahead
The Labor Department’s monthly jobs report is likely to be in the spotlight next week, while reports on job openings and manufacturing and service sector
activity may also attract attention.
Reaction to earnings news from a slew of big-name companies, including Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Pfizer (PFE) and Disney (DIS), may also impact
trading.
CHNI: Democrats vote against ban on transgender athletes
Editor: I will say it again. Democrats suffer from mental illness!
https://katherineclark.house.gov/2025/1/chni-democrats-vote-against-ban-on-transgender-athletes
https://tinyurl.com/2s4chzdt
THE PRODUCERS WILL SWALLOW THE TARIFFS TARIFFS ARE NOT GOING TO PRODUCE INFLATION
https://tinyurl.com/38nmcnnz
COME ON, DAD. IT’S TIME TO EAT
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