“Stocks surge and yields stabilise as Trump tariffs paused”

Apr 10, 2025 | Economy

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

“The reason our stock market is so successful is because of me. I’ve always been great with money, I’ve always been great with jobs, that’s what I do”, said the man himself about (of course) himself. And, yes, one tweet, if we’re still allowed to use that old Woke term, on Truth Social can indeed send markets firmly up as well as down. You heard it here first, proof that things can recover as quickly as they can plunge and of the necessity of staying put and, if you can, and in most cases most can, weather both storm and sunshine. By the time you read this, it is likely to be history; but, as many have said, in the battle of Main Street vs Wall Street, it seems the money men have prevailed and it will, for better or worse, be ever thus. In this case for better, I’d say.

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