taking the Dow Average down 870 points, the most in four months. Volatility spiked from 16% to 26% over fears that this trade war will deliver an April result, or down 20% for stocks. Investors are in “take the money and run” mode, especially for big stocks like Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA).

taking yields up to 4.3%, an all-time high. A new stimulatory budget and a weak yen are expected to cause inflation. It rattles the world because a lot of financing was done in a formerly low-interest-rate world.

their entire holdings, citing the deteriorating finances of the US government. Standard & Poor’s downgraded US debt last May. No doubt Greenland was a factor, too.

and markets rally….a bit. Once confidence is shattered, it is hard to get it back. The “Sell America” trade is back with US stocks, bonds, and currency all diving.

Analysts across Wall Street cut their (NFLX) price targets after the streamer highlighted other areas of concern, such as slowing momentum in average viewing hours per member. Netflix earned 56 cents per share on $12.05 billion in revenue. That slightly exceeded the 55 cents per share and revenue of $11.97 billion. Along with slowing viewing hours, analysts were also disappointed with the company’s earnings and revenue guidance for the current quarter and its margin guidance for the full year 2026.