Monday, April 7, 2025

After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos

 After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos (Thanks to Mitch for this one)

The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.

Gulf Coast Shrimpers See Hope in Trump’s Tariffs (Thanks to Aidan for this one) 

After years struggling to compete with cheaper, farm-raised imported shrimp, shrimpers from Florida to Louisiana are optimistic that the new tariffs will help them.

The New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Bankers, executives and traders said this weekend that they felt flashbacks to the global financial crisis that began in 2007.Credit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Shrimp is sold at Big Daddy’s Seafood Market in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Credit...Zack Wittman for The New York Times