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Oh no. Oil prices are now moving up too.

US yields moved 50 basis points last week and although the 10 year yield is down -23 basis points this week. They are still much higher than the 3.86% low yield seen in early April (the current 10 year yield is at 4.27% which is down from 4.59% last week, but up from 3.86% too).

The US stock market is getting tagged with the NASDAQ index now down around -731 points or -4.33%. The S&P index is down 3.12%.

The tariff take home benefit into the US External Revenue Service was promoted as being $2 billion day. The Customs and Border Protection told CNBC that they have collected more than $500 million under Pres. Trump’s latest tariffs. It is unsure if that is a total of $500 million or $500 million a day or $500 million since x-date but it seems clear that it’s not $2 billion a day. What if goods from China tariffed at 145% just stop coming in. What will prices (and supply) do if those imports simply don’t make it to the shores of the US? Remember the supply chains from Covid?

The Fed chair did not promote a rate cut today and getting three might be a stretch in 2025 too, with the unemployment rate of 4.2% and the risk of supply shocks and higher inflation with it. It is not like business inventories are spiking.

Now …. we get oil prices up $1.14 or 1.86%. From the low seen on April 9 the price is up 14.26%. Drill baby drill may not be what oil companies in the US want to do or can afford to do?

Meanwhile, this US Rep took a field trip to El Salvador and snapped this shot. If that is a win, I am missing something.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

The wheels are coming off the equity market with the S&P 500 down nearly 3% and the Nasdaq down 4.2%. The market was evidently looking for a nod to rate cuts from Powell and it didn’t come.

Now we’re getting some serious kicking and screaming. USD/JPY has broken the 2025 low and is trading at the worst levels since October as stops are hit in a quick, 70 pip move.

This chart is very much looking like it wants to test 140.00 again and if we don’t get some good news on the earnings front, the Nasdaq is likely to test its lows as well.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.

President Trump’s announcement of a 90-day pause to ‘reciprocal but not really reciprocal’ tariffs led to one of the all-time great Nasdaq rallies as the index soared 10%.

The day afterwards it gave a big chunk back before embarking on a fresh effort to make new highs following a weekend suspension of electronics tariffs. However the administration attempted to walk that back and it’s now looking more like a double top at 17,200.

The Nasdaq Composite is down 3.9% today and trading at session lows. It didn’t get any help from Nvidia’s disclosure that it faces new restrictions on China chip sales in yet-another sign of chaotic policymaking. Shares of NVDA are down 10%.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.