As of April 17, 2025, concerns about "tarifflation" and "Trumpflation" dominate economic headlines, with predictions of steep price hikes for consumer goods due to the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs—145% on $541 billion of Chinese imports, 10% on non-Chinese imports, and 20–100% on select countries. Despite these fears, retail prices have largely held steady: iPhones still start at $799, shirts average $50, and PlayStation 5s remain $499. This price stability—alongside declining inflation (Truflation at 1.4%), plunging consumer sentiment (University of Michigan Sentiment Survey at 50.8, near record lows), and sluggish retail sales growth (1.8% YoY)—suggests Trump's economic agenda may be mitigating the risks of a consumer-led recession and deflation, rather than triggering hyperin

As of March 11, 2025, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$  has experienced a notable decline in its stock price, dropping from an all-time high of $153.13—reached on January 7, 2025—to $106.98.  This roughly 30% plunge has shifted investor sentiment dramatically. Early in 2025, the market reveled in Nvidia's AI-driven ascent, with analysts like Morgan Stanley setting lofty targets near $152. Now, investors are starting to show doubt and impatience, with some questioning the AI boom's sustainability or fearing competition from firms like DeepSeek.  Yet, beneath this volatility, Nvidia's fundamentals have largely strengthened or held firm, exposing a disconnect between jittery market perception and the company's robust under

Investor sentiment in early 2025 shares striking similarities to the fear-driven market of late 2018, though some key differences exist.  Both periods were marked by Federal Reserve tightening, trade policy uncertainty, geopolitical risks, and fears of slowing economic growth, creating a risk-off environment that led to sharp selloffs in tech stocks and the broader Nasdaq-100 ($Invesco QQQ(QQQ)$  ). 🔴 2018: Extreme Bearishness and a Near Bear Market Investor Fear Factors in Late 2018 1. Federal Reserve Aggressiveness – The Fed raised rates four times in 2018, tightening financial conditions and causing fears of a recession. 2. U.S.-China Trade War – Tariff escalations and the Huawei CFO's arrest led to conce