The Trump Market: A Rollercoaster of ‘Deals’ and Dips

Ah, the financial markets. A bastion of logic, predictability, and sober analysis. Or so one might hope. But when Donald J. Trump is in the political arena, particularly when he’s making pronouncements on trade, tariffs, and technological supremacy, the markets often resemble a particularly agitated toddler in a bouncy castle: full of sudden, unpredictable movements, punctuated by moments of dizzying ascent and equally abrupt descents. The past few weeks have been a masterclass in this very phenomenon, as i ...