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Analysts' favorite word right now? Chaos. In the week ending April 5, more than 400 analyst notes mentioned the term "chaos," according to market intelligence firm AlphaSense. As this chart shows, that's… not normal. Speaking of chaos, the S&P 500 dipped in a day of utter tariff confusion yesterday. It was a helter-skelter day on Wall Street but ultimately resulted in relatively small losses. Stocks opened deep in the red but roared into positive territory after a headline attributed to White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett implied that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause to tariffs on countries excluding China. The White House dismissed that report as "fake news," sending stocks right back down, where they continued to whipsaw. In the end, the benchmark US stock index closed down 0.3%, the Nasdaq 100 eked out a 0.1% gain, and the Russell 200 ended down 0.9%. |
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Unless you, dear reader, happened to be that one guy at BCA Research who perfectly called this sell-off and then subsequently bagged a massive gain of 536% on his recommended trade, for the rest of us it's been a pretty rowdy couple of days. Sure, there are opportunities to throw some money at some stocks that are on sale, but the reality is it's been a tough one. Monday saw the events set in motion by last week's tariffs begin to unfold. Among them: |
- Oil prices plunged, dropping so much that it might lead producers in the oil- and gas-rich Permian Basin in West Texas to actually cut production, as energy stocks become the biggest laggards in the S&P 500.
- Apple is planning to undergo a fundamental realignment of its supply chain. To America? No, don't be nuts: to India, which is set to get hit with "only" a 26% tariff, rather than the 54% on Chinese goods.
- Commodity trading advisers, those systematic funds built to follow trends, are pretty much as short as they can get, shorting everything except futures tied to volatility in stocks.
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If anything points to a huge desire for any kind of short circuit for this sell-off, though, it's what happened yesterday morning after a mistaken headline was blasted out to traders around the world over cable television and terminals. The alert misquoted the Treasury Secretary and inaccurately said that the White House was considering a pause in tariffs. This immediately reversed the sell-off, adding $4 trillion in value to the market, value that was instantly sold off after the headline was revealed to be a mistake. |
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The reality is this: the mere whiff of a pause in the tariffs constituted a single sentence that turned out to be worth four trillion dollars. |
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How Solar could become Big Tech's secret source |
Note: Starting with the Q2 2024 report, capacity additions for solar, wind and storage technologies are sourced from Wood Mackenzie data while all other technologies are sourced from the US EIA. |
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Despite the fact that reviews for "A Minecraft Movie" are less than stellar to say the least, it seems the combination of a huge built-in fanbase for one of the most-played video games of all time with the fact that the only other family-friendly release is the disappointing live-action "Snow White" equalled box office diamonds for the flick. |
- Over the weekend, the film stacked $157 million domestically — which makes it not only the biggest domestic debut of 2025, but also the best-ever opening weekend for a movie adapted from a video game, beating out another flick featuring Jack Black, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," which banked $146 million.
- If it keeps up its pace, it could join Disney hits like "Moana 2" and "Inside Out 2," two of the three movies of 2024 that passed the billion-dollar box office mark.
- This isn't the only effort looking to capitalize on the popularity of "Minecraft" — Netflix announced it's developing an animated series last May.
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| Kid-friendly movies are the backbone of the movie industry these days, and it makes sense: parents are constantly looking for an all-ages activity everyone can enjoy, and as any parent knows, kids want to watch the movies they like again and again… and again, meaning a family may see a movie in theaters multiple times. And as an added bonus (for the studios, not so much the parents), the kids also love to stream those movies on repeat at home. |
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Yesterday's Big Daily Movers |
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- Earnings expected from Walgreens and Tilray
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