Calculating the Cost of Trump Tumult in a Market Pushed to Brink
- President’s former lawyer sentenced to three years in prison
- Markets unable to gain their footing, stocks continue to lurch
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From rising interest rates to stretched valuations and tariff wars -- the things investors once had patience for, they no longer do.
And some argue, the same could be said for the market’s tolerance for the political drama surrounding Donald Trump’s presidency, which in recent days has become all the more acute. At a time when jitters over the economy and earnings are already running high, Trump’s travails are only serving to create more doubts among investors.