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Thousands, and then millions, of American small businesses, including many iconic brands, will go bankrupt this year if the tariff policies on China donβt change.
β Ryan Petersen (@typesfast) April 17, 2025
Many truckers Iβve spoken with donβt realize how quickly container volumes have collapsed.
Starting in May, port freight out of California will be almost eliminated.
Its going to be a bloodbath in dray, followed by intermodal, and then a collapse in I-20 & I-40 trucking. https://t.co/q0JFZg2Lbr
β Craig Fuller
(@FreightAlley) April 18, 2025
The S&P 500 is underperforming the MSCI All Country World Ex-US Index by the most in 32 years. Via β¦@DavidInglesTVβ© pic.twitter.com/9Dom60mdcO
β Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) April 21, 2025
We can hedge if we want to.. Our βSafety Dance Indexβ (flows into gold, treasuries and low vol stocks) is showing one of its highest readings in April.. first real sign of nerves in ETFs flows. That said, VOO & Co still hauling in the cash = I think ppl DCA-ing but also addingβ¦ pic.twitter.com/h9TEGHDHdI
β Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) April 21, 2025
Bitcoin is NASDAQ denominated in a basket of global currencies, not USD, and USD is collapsing https://t.co/TWlAV3Ue45
β Benn Eifert
(@bennpeifert) April 21, 2025
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