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Animal Spirits: The Stock Market Crashed. Now what?
Michael Batnick
April 09, 2025
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28% of the customers in @flexport's call down yesterday said they're pausing all ocean freight bookings from Asia until there's more clarity on where tariffs will end up.
— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast)
10:17 PM • Apr 5, 2025
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index fell 3.3 points to 97.4 in March 2025, its lowest level since October 2024, largest decline since June 2022.
Uncertainty Index fell to 96, down eight points from February’s second-highest reading on record.
down 3 months in a row
— Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi)
12:24 PM • Apr 8, 2025
This is the 11th worst 3-day performance of all time. 10th and 12th place were both during The Great Depression (via @M_McDonough)
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart)
1:51 PM • Apr 7, 2025
We just finished the 10th worst week for the S&P 500 index (Friday close to Friday close) since 1940: –9.1%
— ⑆Luke Stein⑈ (@lukestein)
8:29 PM • Apr 4, 2025
Walter Bloomberg
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10:04 PM • Apr 7, 2025
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5:03 PM • Apr 4, 2025
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