Tariff roller coaster, big earnings, January jobs report: ICYMI
It was another wild week for the markets. Here’s a brief recap in case you missed any of the big headlines.
One of the biggest things for the markets was President Trump’s tariff plans. Trump delayed his tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, but the 10% tariff on imports from China remains. Learn more here:
US, China tariff tensions ‘genuinely a trade war’
Tariffs are ‘not good for anybody’: Autos strategist
Tariffs to be ‘unsettling force’ for the market: Sectors to avoid
This week, investors also received the latest earnings reports from the likes of Palantir (PLTR), Disney (DIS), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), and Amazon (AMZN). Check out some of the analysis below.
Why Palantir could be the ‘next Oracle or Salesforce’
Disney isn’t giving up on linear in streaming era, CFO says
How Alphabet’s CapEx spending plans stack up to Meta, Microsoft
Amazon: The 3 things benefitting the tech giant
On Friday, the January jobs report showed the US added 143,000 jobs in the month, which was less than the 170,000 economists had been expecting. The unemployment rate did tick lower to 4.0% from 4.1%. See the videos below for instant analysis.
US economy is ‘settling into’ full employment, Goolsbee says
Jobs data signals ‘stronger economy’ and less accommodative Fed
Employers remain ‘very cautious, very conservative’ about hiring
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