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Maybe no one wants tariffs on either side of the table except the President of the United

States. You know, that's what went through my mind when a panel of federal judges pronounced

most of this year's tariffs to be illegal, and the S&P future soared to the sky in the

overnight markets, only to come back down hard when the White House

indicated there will be tariffs by other means.

Now this afternoon, the Federal Appeals Court put a stay on the first ruling, allowing tariffs

to stay in place for now, pending the outcome of appeal.

And that is why we gave up those early gains.

The Dow ultimately advancing 117 points, it would be climbing 0.4%.

And the NASDAQ rising 0.39%.

But just to give you an example, the NAS had flown up almost 2% after the close when we learned

that the first court had blocked the tariffs.

Now, it didn't even seem to matter to the president that the U.S. Court of International

Trade thought that he exceeded the checks and balances protected by the institution

and the Constitution.

He's going to have those tariffs by any means necessary.

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