TheDrop Market Analysis, 02/13/25

Markets reached near all-time highs as the Trump administration prepares for the next wave of tariffs.

Trump at the G20 summit in his first term.

The S&P surged by nearly 1.1%, the Nasdaq skyrocketed even higher by 1.5%, and the Dow followed closely behind by its 0.8% rise. Even the small-business-dominated Russell aggregate is up by over 1%. The value of gold went up, while the value of the USD stayed relatively consistent.

Investors bought in droves for a variety of reasons; several stocks which plummeted in yesterday's after hours like Reddit gave investors the opportunity to buy, Trump's reciprocal tariffs allows for more negotiation and less severe rates, and the start of Russian-Ukrainian peace negotiations gives the energy and grain markets a strong outlook for the future.

Big Tech made a very substantial recovery today. Tesla surged past 5%; Nvidia rose 3.2%; CrowdStrike rose 4.4%; Apple rose by nearly 2%; Google made a recovery with a 1.3% improvement from yesterday's numbers; finally, Intel made a quite substantial 7.3% surge.

Additionally, due to favorable earnings reports, several stocks surged, among which included SoundHound and Robinhood. Some of these even went past double digits, with Robinhood taking the spotlight today.

GameStop reached headlines for speculation that it would start buying huge quantities of crypto, setting the stock even further up.