$JPMorgan Chase(JPM)$ $Bank of America(BAC)$ ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ“‰ ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™‡๐™ž๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐Ÿ“‰๐Ÿšจ

The Day Wall Street Lost $2.7 Trillion, and Washington Called It โ€œBoomingโ€

The markets didnโ€™t just stumble, they absolutely haemorrhaged!

On 3Apr25 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ (4Apr25 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ), the S&P 500 recorded the second-largest daily point loss in its history, plunging 4.84% and wiping out a staggering $2.7 trillion in market value. Only Black Monday in 1987 delivered a harder blow. The sea of red was not a warning, it was a reckoning.

Donald Trumpโ€™s re-election tariffs detonated a financial device felt across every sector. His response?

โ€œItโ€™s going very well,โ€

โ€œThe market is going to boom.โ€

The reality was far from booming. The Dow Jones collapsed 1,679 points, logging its fifth-largest daily point loss ever. Volatility surged 42%, capital dried up, and institutions scrambled to reprice risk across every asset class.

๐Ÿ’ฃ This is how you short an entire financial ecosystem with a single policy decision.

๐Ÿ“Š Sector Breakdown, Financials:

   โ€ข   $C: down 12.14%

   โ€ข   $BAC: down 11.06%

   โ€ข   $WFC: down 9.12%

   โ€ข   $JPM: down 6.97%

   โ€ข   $GS: down 9.51%

   โ€ข   $MS: down 9.45%

JP Morgan, which had just downgraded peers citing tariff pressures, was itself not spared. When the macro tide turns, no bank is too big to bleed.

๐Ÿง  Analyst Reactions:

   โ€ข   JPMorgan downgraded emerging market FX to โ€œunderweightโ€, calling the tariffs more extreme than their worst-case scenario.

   โ€ข   Deutsche Bank forecasted a 1% to 1.5% GDP contraction, citing policy risk now outweighing monetary conditions.

   โ€ข   Barclays now sees a high probability of a U.S. recession within the calendar year.

This wasnโ€™t rotation, it was systemic repricing. A shift in global capital logic. Market psychology has flipped from bullish conviction to protectionist panic.

๐Ÿ“‰ Historic Context:

   โ€ข   19Oct87: Black Monday, 20.47% loss

   โ€ข   28Oct29: Great Depression collapse, 12.34% loss

   โ€ข   03Apr25: Liberation Day Crash, 4.84% drop and $2.7 trillion in market cap evaporated

The last time U.S. tariffs triggered this level of systemic stress was 1930, under the infamous Smoot, Hawley Tariff Act, now cited by historians as a catalyst for global depression.

๐Ÿ“Š Tech Was No Safe Haven:

   โ€ข   $NVDA: -7.81%

   โ€ข   $AAPL: -9.25%

   โ€ข   $AMZN: -8.98%

   โ€ข   $META: -8.96%

   โ€ข   $AVGO: -10.51%

   โ€ข   $TSLA: -5.47%

๐Ÿ“Œ Fun Fact:

This marks the largest single-day loss in equity value since the March 2020 lockdown crashes. The difference? That was a virus. This was entirely man-made.

Hey Tiger Traders, if 1987 gave us Black Monday, and 1929 ushered in the Great Crash, what will this be called in the history books? The Red Reckoning? The Tariff Tantrum? Or will it be remembered as the Great Repricing?

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Happy trading ahead. Cheers, BC ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€

# ๐Ÿ’ฐ Stocks to watch today?(11 Apr)

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  • Mig
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    thanks for the article BC
    great insights and information ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ‘
    technically, when things are blown up they make a boom noise... DT was not lying... ๐Ÿคช
    flow with the market and adapt, follow the money and good luck with your investments ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€
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    • BarcodeReplying toMig
      Certainly, here is a more intellectual version of your reply, polished for tone, clarity, and insight, and staying within the 1,000 character limit:


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      I agree, Mig. Markets are inherently cyclical and tend to recover, but the current environment reflects a complex convergence of global tariff disruptions, shifting monetary policies, and broader macroeconomic recalibrations. This is not confined to one region but indicative of a structural shift in trade and capital flow across interconnected economies. While volatility is to be expected in such transitional phases, I suspect we are unlikely to see a durable recovery until around October, once the policy landscape stabilises and forward guidance becomes clearer. Until then, discipline and a long term perspective are key ๐Ÿ”‘ ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€
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    • BarcodeReplying toMig
      ๐“—๐“ช๐“น๐“น๐”‚ ๐“ฃ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ญ! ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ, ๐“‘๐“’๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€
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    • BarcodeReplying toMig
      Wishing you all the very best, particularly with your Super, which I trust will recover in alignment with broader market stabilisation as conditions improve! ๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€
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  • breAkdaWn
    ยท04-04
    this crash is just a knee jerk reaction!  and any way NO Trade no Tariff!!
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  • Kiwi Tigress
    ยท04-05

    Great article, would you like to share it?

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  • Cool Cat Winston
    ยท04-05

    Great article, would you like to share it?

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  • Hen Solo
    ยท04-04

    Great article, would you like to share it?

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  • Tui Jude
    ยท04-04

    Great article, would you like to share it?

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