Chinese exporters are trying to avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs by shipping goods via third countries, with social media platforms flooded with adverts offering “place-of-origin washing”
US companies are planning to buy back a record $500bn of their own shares, as they seek to deploy their huge cash piles at a time when Trump’s policies are adding to uncertainty over making capital investments. Deutsche Bank said the tally of announced buybacks over the past three months is the biggest rolling three-month sum on record.
Fed Keeps Rates Steady as Tariff Uncertainty Roils Outlook The Federal Reserve warned that the economy faced growing risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation when officials unanimously agreed to hold interest rates steady.
Stocks rose more than 1% Thursday after President Trump and others spoke in the Oval Office to showcase what he billed as a "full and comprehensive" trade agreement with the U.K. He said investments in the U.S. from this and future trade deals could amount to $10 trillion.
A study by finance professors Toomas Laarits and Jeffrey Wurgler found that the median individual investor spends just six minutes researching a stock before buying, primarily focusing on price charts. The study analyzed clickstream data from several hundred investors, revealing that only 1% of research time is spent on risk statistics and 14% on company fundamentals. The researchers suggest that investors could improve their performance by avoiding impulsive buying and focusing on less attention-grabbing stocks.
Substack has gained over a million subscribers since the US election last November, capitalizing on the growing trend towards creator-led journalism. Co-founder Chris Best explained that there was a significant surge in interest during the election and the initial 100 days of the Trump presidency, leading to a wave of new subscribers from that community.
