The Great corporations worldwide they faced one of the Greater falls in value of its markets in almost three years during the first half of 2025, due to the TAXES TAXES by the president of the United States, Donald Trump. This generated greater fears about a possible recession In the country.
According to data from LSEGthe 10 largest global companies They saw their market value in a 13.2%reaching 18.64 billion dollars at the close of the first quarter of 2025. This decrease marks the greatest loss from June 2022.
The prolonged rise in technological actions, which had been one of the Main Gains engines In the stock market index, he lost strength. Concerns about excessive investments in artificial intelligenceexcessive valuations and uncertain profitability caused prudence in the markets.
The market value of Tesla Inc. collapsed in a 35.7%reaching 833,590 million dollarswhile Broadcom Inc. and Nvidia Corp. They experienced falls of 27.56% and 19.59%standing in 787,250 million dollars and 2.64 billion dollarsrespectively.
He NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEXwhich had increased around 84.5% In the previous two years, he experienced a setback from the 10.42%what constitutes its greater fall from June 2022.
Tariffs imposed by Donald Trump
During this quarter, Trump imposed new tariffs on Aluminum, steel and carsin addition to increasing tariffs for all products from China.
The US president mentioned Sunday that reciprocal tariffs What plans to announce Wednesday They will apply to all countriesnot only those with more pronounced commercial imbalances, which increased concern among investors.
In this context, Goldman Sachs has reduced its growth forecasts of EPS (profits per action) for companies of the S&P 500 to 3% For this year, going down from its previous estimate of the 7%due to the highest tariffs, the slower economic growth and higher inflation.
“The deceleration of growth and growing uncertainty They justify a higher variable income risk premium and multiples to assess the lowest actions, “said the firm.
Donald Trump threatened secondary tariffs
Trump said this Sunday that he is “very angry” and “furious” with his pair of Russia, Vladimir Putinfor questioning leadership in Ukraine. In an interview this Sunday he was annoying about the matter of war in Ukraine and threatened Impose new tariffs between 25% and 50% to Russian oil.
Trump’s discomfort of the last hours was expressed in an interview with NBC, in which he reported his discomfort with the Russian president Putin, with whom to speak in the next few days.
During his Sunday program “Meet The Press”, the journalist Kristen Welker He mentioned that Trump had called her to express her disgust.
“If Russia and I are not able to achieve an agreement that stops bloodshed in Ukraineand if it seems to me that it is because of Russia, “Trump told the NBC journalist, then he would impose” tariffs secondary to all oil from Russia, “he revealed.
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