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From Powell to policy: Wall Street grapples with Tariffs, tech risks after Fed’s signals

by March 21, 2025
written by March 21, 2025

After an initial wave of optimism following the Federal Reserve’s indication of potential rate cuts in 2025, Wall Street’s attention has quickly shifted back to the persistent headwinds that have been troubling the market: the looming threat of tariffs and the potential risks associated with the booming, but perhaps overhyped, artificial intelligence sector.

The short-lived rally quickly fizzled, reflecting a sense among market strategists that the fundamental challenges facing investors remain firmly in place.

Dennis Debusschere, president of 22V Research, succinctly captured the mood, stating that now that markets are through the Fed meeting, the focus will shift back to President Trump’s tariffs and the possibility of reciprocal duties.

How these potential policy shifts might impact corporate profits this year is, according to Debusschere, “absolutely what the market’s been struggling with.”

This struggle was evident as both Nike (NKE) and FedEx (FDX) stocks took a hit after the companies warned that economic headwinds, including potential tariffs, could negatively impact their earnings.

The concerns surrounding tariffs are multi-layered.

Investors are grappling with uncertainty about which companies will be directly affected, the potential for retaliatory counter-tariffs, and the broader implications of price increases for consumers.

The market’s tariff concerns have many layers.

There’s the question of which companies will be impacted by tariffs.

There’s the question of which companies could be impacted by counter-tariffs.

And then there are further questions on how any potential price increases in some industries could also raise prices for other products.

The overall fear is that these factors could dampen consumer spending and slow down overall economic activity.

The jerky market action proves that investors are struggling to know how to react.

Piper Sandler chief investment strategist Michael Kantrowitz told Yahoo Finance that clarity is needed.

Until we get to April 2, we’re kind of sitting and waiting for some direction and for some clarity.

Kantrowitz said that policy uncertainty was the leading factor in the recent market sell-off, which in turn clouded the outlook for the Federal Reserve and corporate earnings.

AI: boom or bubble?

The recent market turbulence wasn’t solely attributable to tariff anxieties.

A significant factor has been the correction in the “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks, which have had their worst quarter compared to the S&P 500 since 2022.

As such, the most popular trade of the last couple of years has had its rating dropped.

Morningstar’s chief US market strategist David Sekera has gone so far as to describe the recent market action as a “bear market in artificial intelligence stocks.”

Given the outsized influence of large-cap tech companies on the S&P 500, some strategists worry that further declines in these stocks could trigger a broader market downturn.

“A key reason we have been forecasting a slump in the S&P 500 in 2026 is an assumption that fading enthusiasm for AI would prompt a valuation-driven slide in the index then rather than in 2025,” wrote Capital Economics chief markets economist John Higgins.

Accordingly, it is possible the bursting of the AI bubble is just happening sooner than we had envisaged.

The Federal Reserve’s pronouncements provided a brief respite, but the underlying concerns about tariffs and the sustainability of the AI boom continue to cast a shadow over Wall Street, leaving investors bracing for further volatility as the market seeks direction.

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