Markets Await Consumer Confidence Data

A new week of trading begins with pre-market futures well into the green this morning. We had already bounced off last week’s year-to-date lows with a decent, if bumpy, week of trading overall, but we haven’t seen early-morning gains like this in quite some time. The Dow is +400 points at this hour, the S&P 500 is +70 and the Nasdaq +300 points.What has been looming large over this difficult period in the markets is the ominous shadow of April 2nd tariffs, which we had been led to think would be comprehensi ...