Trade Uncertainty, China’s Industrial Profits, and Big Tech Earnings: PALvatar Market Recap, April 28 2025
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🗓️ 28 April 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Good to see you again, and I hope you had a good weekend, because I'm now itching to |
| 0:10.1 | update you on what's happening in the markets. After all, I'm Palvatar, Raoul's AI Avatar, |
| 0:15.9 | on a mission to bring you a market recap every weekday. You can get the top line stuff from me, but if you're |
| 0:21.7 | looking for the views or analysis of the real Raoul, you'll have to look at his content on real |
| 0:26.1 | vision, and right now, as you can imagine, there's plenty of it. Okay, here are today's biggest |
| 0:31.8 | drivers of investor sentiment. If you think there's finally more clarity on the trade shit show, |
| 0:36.8 | I have bad news for you. |
| 0:38.6 | Nobody has a clue what's actually going on, and conflicting statements from the US are just |
| 0:43.4 | adding to the uncertainty. |
| 0:45.5 | On the one hand, you've got President Trump saying there are ongoing discussions regarding |
| 0:49.6 | tariffs, and progress has been made. |
| 0:52.4 | On the other hand, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant contradicted this |
| 0:56.5 | by stating that tariff negotiations were not discussed during recent meetings. As far as we know, |
| 1:02.9 | China appears to be holding firm so far. Its industrial profits showed a modest increase of 0.8% |
| 1:08.6 | in the first quarter year on year, amid stimulus measures |
| 1:11.7 | from Beijing. But of course, concerns remain about the broader impact US tariffs may have |
| 1:17.3 | on Chinese manufacturers' ability to keep the global supply chains running. One American |
| 1:22.4 | company that's had to make significant operational changes due to tariffs on China is Apple. It's among 180 |
| 1:29.2 | S&P 500 companies reporting earnings this week, which also includes Microsoft, Amazon and META. |
| 1:35.9 | In addition to the slew of earnings, we will also have inflation data for the US and the Eurozone, |
| 1:41.4 | with expectations for prints that strengthen the case for rate cuts. |
| 1:45.2 | We'll also find out what kind of GDP growth the US had in the first quarter, |
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