US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Countries that didn't escalate will get talks priority. China raising tariffs on us is bad for China.

US bans staff in China from sexual relationships with Chinese citizens over espionage fears

QQQ (an ETF tracking Nasdaq) traders go full YOLO on short-term options signaling expectations of short term event driven volatility spikes

Trump: I spoke about tariffs with South Korea's acting president. We're waiting for China's call. China also wants to make a deal, badly.

Global gold ETFs saw $8.6bn (92t) of net inflows in March, pushing Q1 total net inflows to US$21bn (226t), the second strongest quarter on record. [Smart money has been preparing for tariff/trade war induced global hyperinflation for a while. This is why crypto will catch a bid soon]

Yields up, risk on. After 3 days of turmoil, U.S. markets are finally seeing a strong move up. This is not a dead cat bounce.

Fitch Ratings lowers US retail and consumer products sector outlooks to deteriorating.

The USD reaches ATH against the Chinese yuan.

US Trade Representative Greer: Trump has been clear that he won't do tariff exemptions in the near term.

Make Amerizuela Great Again. Tariffs + trade war = global hyperinflation => crypto global inflation hedge. The biggest bull in the history of humanity is coming.

Italy's PM Meloni will head to the US to negotiate tariff relief directly with Trump

Weekly bankruptcy filings are moving higher

US Supreme Court grants Trump Administration request to block judicial order to rehire thousands of fired federal workers.

Tech, semiconductor stocks bounce on tariff optimism. Nvidia jumps 5%.

According to a Bloomberg survey, 92% of economists now see a higher risk of a U.S. recession compared to a week ago, citing President Trump’s new tariff plan as the primary driver.

Global gold reserves (% over time) reveal a clear trend: central banks have been loading up on gold recently, and they’re likely not done yet. The trend is your friend.

The White House says China didn’t back down, so the 104% tariff hits tomorrow, April 9, starting at noon ET.

Bloomberg's John Authers: Trading volume suggests that the initial post-Liberation Day has come to a climax. More shares in SPY changed hands yesterday than on any day since Covid five years ago.