US Markets Wrap

Howard Silverblatt, Senior Index Analyst, Product Management, S&P Dow Jones Indices shares his insights on the slight decline we're seeing in the markets, Magnificent Seven moves, and consumers' concerns surrounding earnings. He also weighs in on long-term effects of Trump's tariffs, and where the retail and automobile sectors are headed. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors

Laila Pence, President & Co-Founder of Pence Wealth Management shares her insights on whether the markets are giving investors a window of buying opportunity, what Walmart's expectations of a slowing profit growth for the year signals, and whether tariffs could potentially weigh on earnings in time to come. She also weighs in on her top conviction calls: financials, artificial intelligence and technology. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Associated Press

Dilin Wu, Research Strategist at Pepperstone shares her insights on what's driving markets higher, latest FOMC minutes, bounce in Chinese tech shares, as well as game changers that she is watching out for. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: IronFX

Rick Bensignor, President, InTheKnowTrader.com shares his insights on his takeaways from the latest NASDAQ movements and where the directional bias is right now. He also weighs in on inflationary expectations and other headwinds that could encourage the Fed to keep rates higher for longer, where gold and bitcoin are headed, and whether Trump's move to stop to stop minting pennies could result in the need to make more nickels. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: Steve Russell / Toronto Star via Getty Images

Mark Newton, CMT, Managing Director & Global Head of Technical Strategy at Fundstrat Global Advisors shares his insights on the bounce in tech names like Nvidia, AppLovin and Tesla; whether he is factoring in the impact of tariffs while approaching the market right now; as well as his takeaways from the hotter-than-expected CPI numbers. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors

Chris Weston, Head of Research at Pepperstone shares his insights on the latest hotter-than-expected CPI numbers, inflation expectations, as well as the effects tariffs might have. He also weighed in on key areas of investment opportunities that traders can potentially look at.  Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: Lucy Nicholson / File Photo / Reuters

In remarks before the Senate Banking Committee, Fed Chair Jerome Powell called the economy “strong overall” with a “solid” labor market and inflation that is easing but still above the Fed’s 2% goal. He also reiterated the central bank’s commitment to bringing inflation down and signaled that policymakers aren’t in a rush to get interest rates lower. Rick Polsinello, Senior Market Strategist at Franklin Templeton Institute shares his insights on Powell's latest comments on interest rates, where the Fed could be heading in coming days, whether companies are set to beat earnings expectations this quarter and if gold is priced to perfection for a future inflation surge. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: pixabay & its talented community of contributors

Sevasti Balafas, CEO of GoalVest shares her insights on the latest response by investors to Trump's move to substantially raise tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the market rotation from tech to defensive sectors, whether small and mid-cap growth names will continue to lead the charge in the emerging AI space, as well as latest employment and unemployment rates. Presented by: Emaad Akhtar Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: Anna Rose Layden / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nadine Terman, CEO & CIO, Solstein Capital shares her insights on what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's intention to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates means for the markets, and latest market moves as various Trump tariffs come into play. She also unpacked the latest highlights on the tax run, coming on the back of President Trump's tax proposals.  Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: Paul Morigi / Getty Images

Matt Maley, Chief Market Strategist, Miller Tabak shares his insights on whether investors should rotate away from tech, coming on the back of Alphabet and AMD's lacklustre results; and sectors that are looking attractive. He also weighed in on what Trump's intention to drill more will do for oil majors. Presented by: Ryan Huang Produced by: Yeo Kai Ting (ykaiting@sph.com.sg) Photo credits: Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters