The Trump Market: Where Chaos Meets… Well, More Chaos

Ah, the stock market. A bastion of rationality, a serene pond of predictable trends, a place where policy pronouncements are met with measured, logical responses. Or, if you’ve been paying attention to the last few years, a wild, bucking bronco ridden by a cowboy with a penchant for late-night tweets and grand pronouncements. Welcome back to the market under Donald J. Trump, where the only constant is the delightful inconsistency, and the only certainty is that someone, somewhere, is threatening a tariff.As ...