How Trump’s Unpredictability Is Hurting the Markets
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🗓️ 4 March 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
In this insightful clip of Market Mondays, hosts Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings delve into the complexities of market fluctuations under unpredictable political decisions. Join them as they discuss the uncertainty faced by Fortune 500 companies and global markets during unpredictable leadership.
Rashad shares his personal experience after expressing doubt about Trump's impact on the economy just before the election. He recounts a conversation with a top executive from a Fortune 500 company, who described the new era of unpredictability as it pertained to tariffs, regulations, and market behavior. This executive emphasized how challenging it is for businesses when the rules of the game seem to change daily, disrupting their ability to navigate the economic landscape effectively.
The hosts explore why stability and predictability are cherished by markets. They clarify that markets and industries thrive on knowing consistent policies – whether it's understanding foreign policies or knowing which industries may face scrutiny. Rashad points out that Trump's unpredictable nature significantly deviates from this standard, leading to fluctuating global markets and creating choppy waters for businesses and governments alike.
Troy further expands on how erratic decisions, such as sudden tariffs, affect multiple countries, highlighting the interconnected nature of global commerce. Unpredictable retaliations from countries like China illustrate how sudden policy shifts create a domino effect, impacting business operations worldwide. Troy stresses how this uncertainty makes it difficult to prepare for future business strategies, as the rules could change abruptly.
Both Rashad and Troy connect these economic uncertainties to broader challenges, referencing how departmental cuts and mismanagement, particularly in the context of handling COVID-19, have repercussions that extend beyond the immediate business landscape.
This clip sheds light on the importance of consistent and predictable policy-making for economic stability and growth. It emphasizes the cascading effects of political decisions on global commerce, illustrating a critical topic that resonates with businesses and investors alike.
Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of how erratic political behavior influences markets and learn strategies for navigating such uncertain times. Be sure to catch more insights with Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings on Market Mondays!
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| 0:59.1 | these things that I didn't think that Trump was going to be the best person for the economy. |
| 1:04.7 | And I said that the day before the election and pretty much got crucified. It's not, I have |
| 1:10.2 | no allegiance to a political party but |
| 1:12.1 | there's one thing that kind of made me leery about Trump is that he's uncertain so |
| 1:17.5 | there's a reason why most most before that you wouldn't know that now but most of the |
| 1:22.0 | fortune 500 companies and hedge funds and all that they really want to come out of the |
| 1:25.3 | win once they saw that she had no chance of winning then they then they switched pivot but um the reason why is that these guys like to know what's |
| 1:33.5 | going on and when we was in san francisco i met a top executive at one of the fortune 500 companies |
| 1:41.4 | and he told me that you know life has been difficult for him because um uncertainty he's like he's never seen so much uncertainty as far as like |
| 1:48.5 | one day there's terrorists one day there's not terrorists one day there's regulation that |
| 1:51.8 | the did he was like you know if you know the rules of the game you can play it but the rules of |
| 1:56.4 | the game changes every single day that that becomes difficult markets don't like |
| 2:01.3 | radical behavior yeah they like they like the regular standard vanilla we know |
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