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  • Friday, 14 February 2025: US Stocks Gathered More Steam
    U.S. stocks were gathering more steam Thursday after President Trump's tariff update left open key questions about when they might be applied, and which countries may be impacted. Dow rose 342.87 points or +0.77%, with NVIDIA Corp (up +2.98%) and Cisco Systems Inc (up +2.17%) both gaining over +2%.
    The broader S&P 500 rose +0.99%. Materials (up +1.75%) lead all 11 of the primary sectors higher, with Information Technology (up +1.39%) and Consumer Discretionary (up +1.39%) not far behind.
    6 min
  • Wednesday 12 February 2025: Wall Streets Main Indexes Mixed
    Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Tuesday as gains in Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) offset losses in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), while investors analysed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's latest comments. The S&P 500 was down -0.01% at 6,066.07 points. The Nasdaq declined -0.21% to 19,672.22 points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up +0.08% at 44,506.82 points.
    Six (6) of the 11 primary sectors rose led by energy up +1.09%, followed by a +0.51% gain in materials. 
    6 min
  • Monday, 10 February 2025: Trump's reciprocal tariff announcement followed weak jobs and consumer sentiment data
    All three (3) U.S. stock indexes fell on Friday after President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff announcement followed weak jobs and consumer sentiment data.

    The broader S&P 500 index closed down 57.58 points or 0.95% on Friday, leaving the U.S. large cap stock index with a loss for the week of 0.2%, according to Dow Jones Market Data.


    The S&P 500 snapped a three-day winning streak and logged back-to-back weekly declines.
    8 min
  • Friday, 7 February 2025: Honeywell topping out as the worst performer, markets mixed
    U.S. equity markets were mixed overnight as investors wait for January’s jobs data. • The Dow 30 was down -0.29% to 44,744 points. • Honeywell the worst performer down -5.64% after reporting weak earnings outlook that was not enough to offset plans to separate into 3 separate companies. • Salesforce was also weaker down -4.91% after the announcement that 25-year Salesforce Veteran and COO Brian Millham was retiring.
    8 min
  • Thursday, 6 February 2025: No Fresh Tariffs as Trump focuses on the Gaza Strip
    • U.S. equity markets were up overnight in choppy trading. No fresh tariffs to speak of for a change as Trump shifts his focus to the Gaza strip.  
    • The Dow 30 was up 0.71% to 44,873 points.
    • Nike fell -2.80% as it continues to struggle. Now down over 25% the last 12 months.
    • Shares in Disney were down -2.44% after reporting a beat to earnings expectations off the back of strong performance in their streaming segment, despite losing 700,000 subscribers. However, their parks business lagged due to multiple hurricanes and greater cruise ship investments.
    8 min
  • Wednesday, 5 February 2025: Investors heave a sigh of relief after paused Tariffs
    • U.S. equity markets were up as the investors heaved a sigh of relief after Trump agreed to hit pause on his planned tariffs with Canada and Mexico. However he then announced tariffs on China due to kick in on Tuesday. China has responded by announcing its own tariffs on U.S coal, LNG and crude, as well as a probe into Google.
    • The Dow 30 was up 0.30% to 44,556 points. Merck fell -9.05% despite beating quarterly forecasts. The stock fell after 2025 guidance was weaker than expected due to weaker than expected demand for their vaccine Gardasil.
    • Chevron rose 2.60% to partially recover some of the ground it lost after disappointing results last week.
    8 min
  • Tuesday, 4 February 2025: U.S. equity markets were down heavily
    • U.S. equity markets were down heavily in early trading, before paring losses as Trump promised a 1-month delay to any tariffs to be placed on Mexico.  
    • The Dow 30 down -0.28% to 44,421.91 points. Apple fell -3.39% as reports emerge that iPhone sales are still lagging in China. IBM was up just under 2% to be the top performer on the index.
    • The broader S&P500 fell -0.76% to 5,994 points after recovering from a 1.9% fall in early trading. Consumer Staples, Utilities and Energy were the top performing sectors, up 0.68%, 0.46% and 0.42% respectively. Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary say at the foot of the primary sector leaderboard, down -1.80% and -1.37% respectively.
    7 min
  • Monday, 3 February 2025: US Markets lower after Trump places 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico
    U.S. equity markets finished lower on Friday after President Trump said he would place 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% tariff on goods from China, now due to go into effect on Tuesday.
     The NASDAQ fell 0.28% and the Dow 30 closed down 337 points or -0.75%. The two biggest falls being Chevron down 4.56% after missing earnings estimates, and Nvidia down 3.67% on continued uncertainty surround the impact of DeepSeek.
    7 min

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