Auto giants, nuclear firms bear the brunt as Trump tariffs roil markets
  • February 3, 2025

Auto giants, nuclear firms bear the brunt as Trump tariffs roil markets

Automakers, beer brewers and nuclear power companies led declines in a broad equity pullback on Monday after the U.S. hit Mexico, Canada and China with sweeping tariffs, stoking worries that an all-out trade war could cripple growth and corporate profits. Investors sold stocks and bought dollars on Monday, as they assessed the risks of a trade war after Donald Trump imposed tariffs on top U.S. trading partners. Executives on earnings calls have said Trump's shifting plans for tariffs could disrupt world trade and prompt some companies to move production to the U.S. The sectors most affected by new tariffs by far are auto and auto parts, which accounted for $129 billion worth of imports from ...

Napco (NASDAQ:NSSC) Misses Q4 Revenue Estimates, Stock Drops
  • February 3, 2025

Napco (NASDAQ:NSSC) Misses Q4 Revenue Estimates, Stock Drops

Electronic security systems manufacturer Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 9.7% year on year to $42.93 million. Its GAAP profit of $0.28 per share was 16.7% below analysts’ consensus estimates.

Goldman Sachs flags up to 3% hit to its S&P 500 earnings forecasts from Trump's tariffs
  • February 3, 2025

Goldman Sachs flags up to 3% hit to its S&P 500 earnings forecasts from Trump's tariffs

Trump imposed hefty new tariffs of 25% over the weekend on imports from Mexico and Canada and 10% against China, saying this could cause "short-term" pain for Americans. "These announcements have come as a shock to many investors who expected tariffs would only be imposed if trade negotiations failed," the Wall Street brokerage said in a note dated Feb. 2. Goldman Sachs estimates that every 5-percentage-point increase in the tariff rate would lower the S&P 500's earnings per share by roughly 1% to 2%.

Markets unnerved by 'Tariff Man'
  • February 3, 2025

Markets unnerved by 'Tariff Man'

Investors fled from stocks and rushed to dollars in Monday trading in Europe and Asia, as they scrambled to process the consequences of President Donald Trump putting larger-than-expected tariffs on top U.S. trading partners. In three executive orders, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and most Canadian imports and 10% on goods from China, starting on Tuesday. It's not as if investors didn't know that Trump, the self-proclaimed "tariff man", liked the idea of imposing tariffs.