During a faith luncheon at the White House several days ago, Donald Trump acknowledged the effect he has on the stock market. He stated, "I go on television and I rile the market."

The stock market experienced a flat performance on July 18. Uncertainties over tariffs and trade policies affect market sentiment.

Trade experts were in lockstep when President Donald Trump levied a 25% tariff on foreign automobiles earlier this year: Car prices would go up and sales might decline.

GrabAGun, which says it's the Amazon of guns and counts Donald Trump Jr. as board member, saw its stock tank for a second day on Thursday.

By Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Donald Trump Jr.-backed GrabAGun's shares slipped 22% on Thursday, deepening their post-debut slide and highlighting the degree of investor scrutiny even newly listed companies with high-profile backers are being subjected to.

Tech’s strength has people talking about bubbles once again—and not without evidence. Consider: The top 10 companies in the S&P 500 today are more overvalued than they were during the dot-com era.

The House of Representatives passed the GENIUS, CLARITY, and Anti-CBDC Acts the previous day, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign the GENIUS Act, which deals with stablecoin regulation, this afternoon. Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the U.S., went public in April 2021 after its launch in June 2012.

Wall Street futures are trading little changed at this hour in the premarket session on Thursday (July 17). Dow Jones futures are trading 0.14% lower while S&P futures are trading near flatline. Nasdaq futures are trading 0.