My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, April 15 1. Wall Street is headed for a muted open this morning after back-to-back advances for the S & P 500 . The index is still 4.7% below where it closed April 2, the day President Donald Trump announced his “reciprocal” tariffs. 2. The Dow is the…
A cargo truck loaded with new pickups heads to U.S. at the Otay Commercial crossing in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 27, 2025. Guillermo Arias | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — Shares of automakers closed higher Monday after President Donald Trump said he is looking to “help some of the car companies”…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office….
Brightdrop EV600 van Source: Brightdrop DETROIT — General Motors is cutting production of its all-electric BrightDrop delivery vans at a plant in Canada and will idle the facility through much of 2025, the company confirmed Friday. The CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, will be reduced from two shifts to one — eliminating 500 jobs…
John Gutierrez had been thinking about buying a new laptop for the past year. The Austin, Texas, resident needed a computer with faster processing and increased storage for his photography work and had his sights set on a product from a Taiwanese brand. Then President Donald Trump announced expansive new import tariffs Wednesday, including a…
The Stellantis Windsor Assembly Plant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of some of the world’s biggest automakers appeared surprisingly resilient on Thursday, even after U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on foreign auto imports came into effect. Germany’s Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz Group and BMW were…
My top 10 things to watch Friday, March 28 1. Wall Street was headed for a lower open, with weekly gains as of Thursday’s close in jeopardy. Tariff uncertainty is sitting on the market as the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge came in hotter than expected. 2. The core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose…
Thursday’s sell-off in auto stocks may look tempting to investors who are used to buying the dip. However, Josh Brown warns the worst isn’t over for the sector — and to avoid exposure. Major carmakers declined Thursday after President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose a 25% tariff on “all cars that are not…
The GM logo is seen on a water tank of the General Motors assembly plant in Ramos Arizpe, in Coahuila state, Mexico February 11, 2021. Daniel Becerril | Reuters As auto stocks reacted to the latest tariff announcement out of Washington, D.C., on Thursday, General Motors took the brunt of the hit. Shares of GM…
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Timid trading Stock futures were timid Thursday, continuing a relatively slow week on Wall Street. Four trading days into the period, the major averages have posted modest gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1% on the week, the…