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It's been a bewildering week for retail investors trying to make sense of global markets.
After U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping new tariffs, we saw $10 trillion in stock market value disappear.
The U.S. President is doubling down on an economic policy that most economists think is de-anchored from reality.
Then came Wednesday's stunning rebound.
A remarkable rally we're seeing in the markets right now, up nearly 10 percentage points on the Nasdaq.
And today, markets have slid again.
Yesterday's tariff were preved not last long.
With U.S. stocks resuming their decline, bonds not getting much love,
the dollar sliding, and corporate credit default risks rising.
Meanwhile, the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies,
have continued to ramp up the pressure on each other with a series of compounding tariffs.
President Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports have reached 145%,