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BREAKING: The S&P 500 gains $4 trillion following EU announcement of interest in zero for zero tariffs with United States.
Benny Johnson on Twitter X ^ | April 7, 2025 | Benny Johnson

Posted on 04/07/2025 7:57:52 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

BREAKING: The S&P 500 gains $4 trillion following EU announcement of interest in zero for zero tariffs with United States. Last edited

9:43 AM · Apr 7, 2025

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; sp500; stockmarket; tariffwars2025; trump; winning
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1 posted on 04/07/2025 7:57:52 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Orange Swan Event. Meanwhile, Trump has coined a new term;


2 posted on 04/07/2025 8:00:07 AM PDT by Pollard (Zone 6b)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
This is the 2nd bump up in the market today. The first was based on a false rumor that Trump wanted a 90-day pause. When Trump came out and said that was fake news, the S&P went back down.

This is new news from the EU, thus the S&P 500 is slightly positive for the day. Is it a rumor?

3 posted on 04/07/2025 8:00:55 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Here we go.


4 posted on 04/07/2025 8:01:12 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (WWIII has begun. It's the Left in the U.S. and around the world against MAGA. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The next few days are going to be extremely volatile as we get back and forth messaging from the different euro-weenies and other countries.

For example Vietnam came out saying they would take their tariffs to zero and we responded that it wasn’t enough as they are passing through Chinese goods to avoid tariffs.

Macron said - the EU would have a hard response, other Euros are now saying zero for zero...

making for a barnburner of a market.


5 posted on 04/07/2025 8:02:03 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: Macho MAGA Man

The S&P did nothing of the sort.


6 posted on 04/07/2025 8:02:48 AM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Too bad it was baloney


7 posted on 04/07/2025 8:03:22 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Tell It Right

The market is not moving around on what the President is saying.


8 posted on 04/07/2025 8:03:38 AM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: Vision

It appears there’s been a recent reversal...


9 posted on 04/07/2025 8:04:00 AM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Tariffs are just part of the problem with the EU. VAT taxes and non-monetary barriers are the real issues.


10 posted on 04/07/2025 8:04:28 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Vision

Now stock market down 160.


11 posted on 04/07/2025 8:06:06 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Folks want a giggle...?

Check out the UK’s broadsheets and tabloids...

The UK’s enemedia still has us circling the bowl...

😂😂😂😂


12 posted on 04/07/2025 8:06:28 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Just checked. Looks down to me.


13 posted on 04/07/2025 8:06:54 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: Macho MAGA Man

How much do stocks have to drop before trading is halted? The details on market ‘circuit breakers - Fred Imbert

When stock prices and stock futures fall rapidly in a single session, exchanges implement halts in trading to allow a moment for cooler heads to prevail and avoid market crashes we’ve seen in the past on Wall Street.

Such moves usually take place during times of extreme market volatility, such as March 2020 - when the Covid-19 pandemic sent global markets tumbling. This time, surging global trade tensions sparked by surprisingly high universal tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump are putting massive pressure on equities, with the sell-off continuing on Monday.

Circuit breakers
During the regular hours of 9:30 a.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET, trading in equities may be paused market-wide if declines in the S&P 500 trigger a “circuit breaker.” These occur when the benchmark index falls by a certain amount intraday, leading exchanges to briefly stop all trading. All major stock exchanges abide by these trading halts.

There are three circuit breaker levels:
Level 1: The S&P 500 falls 7% intraday. If this occurs before 3:25 p.m. ET, trading is halted for 15 minutes. If it happens after that time, trading continues unless a level 3 breaker is tripped up.

Level 2: The S&P 500 drops 13% intraday. If this occurs before 3:25 p.m. ET, trading stops for 15 minutes. If it happens after that time, trading continues unless a level 3 breaker is triggered.

Level 3: The S&P 500 plunges 20% intraday. At this point, the Exchange suspends trading for the remainder of the day.

The benchmark closed Friday’s session at 5,074.08. Here are the thresholds the S&P 500 needs to reach during Monday’s session the different circuit breakers to be triggered:

Level 1: 4,718.89
Level 2: 4,414.45
Level 3: 4,059.26

‘Limit down’ futures
In non-U.S. trading hours - between 6 p.m. ET and 9:30 a.m. ET the following day - if S&P futures are down 7%, then trading is halted until traders willing to buy the contract at the “limit down” level emerge.

Russell 2000 futures, which track the small-cap benchmark, briefly reached that threshold overnight, falling 7% before bouncing.

Wall Street is coming off a horrid session. On Friday, the S&P 500 dropped nearly 6%, its worst day since March 16, 2020 - when it dropped 11.98%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 6.9%, its biggest one-day decline since June 11, 2020. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 5.8% on Friday and ended the day in a bear market, down more than 20% from its record high set in December.

The selling continued Monday, with the S&P 500 losing 4.5% and entering bear market territory, down more than 20% from a record high set in February.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/how-much-do-stocks-have-to-drop-before-trading-is-halted-the-details-on-market-circuit-breakers/3715220/


14 posted on 04/07/2025 8:07:36 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Macho MAGA Man; joesbucks; kabar

Varney reported that another network went with an unconfirmed report that there was going to be a 90 day pause in tariffs. And the market was off to the races. Back down now.


15 posted on 04/07/2025 8:08:36 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Tell It Right

My buy orders went in at the start of the session.


16 posted on 04/07/2025 8:09:28 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: RoosterRedux

He won’t let them off their hooks that easily. They may WANT to go to 0%, but our President NEEDS to clean their clocks before he agrees to it. One year, maybe two, minimum. Not two weeks.


17 posted on 04/07/2025 8:09:31 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Trump has used leverage his entire life. He finds levers where others don't. He often uses leverage to accomplish multiple outcomes. I expect that this move by him is designed to put pressure on ending Russia/Ukraine war via pressure on its allies, pressure on the Fed that is not his friend, pressure on congress to lower taxes as well as trying to open up the markets and increase foreign investment.

Trump is also pragmatic and not committed to an ideology other than doing what works. He will make course corrections and not cling to a mistake.

I cannot help but think that some of the market reaction is motivated by foreign and domestic interests that do not want MAGA.

Because of this, I am still bullish on my equity investments even though I am more dependent on the as I age.

18 posted on 04/07/2025 8:10:01 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Mathews

They’ll also have to deal with the unfair VAT taxes, which POTUS has often talked about.


19 posted on 04/07/2025 8:10:48 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Vision
The market is not moving around on what the President is saying.

The market is moving around based on what all the players are saying, Trump, reshoring companies, other countries and the propaganda media.

20 posted on 04/07/2025 8:12:29 AM PDT by FreeReign
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