Mateusz Kaczmarek

Tariff-Fueled Growth in Q3 Cleveland-Cliffs’ Q3 results revealed a tariff-fueled bump in sales. Revenue rose 3.6% year-over-year to $4.73 billion, thanks in part to the 50% tariff on imported steel imposed earlier this year marketscreener.com. The company shipped 4.0 million net tons of steel (vs 3.8 M last year), reflecting stronger orders from automakers investorshub.advfn.com. However, CLF still posted a GAAP net loss of $251 million ($0.51/share), nearly unchanged from a year ago marketscreener.com. Adjusted loss was $0.45/share, in line with forecasts. Management emphasized that new long-term contracts with Detroit automakers (Ford, GM, etc.) were secured under the new trade rules. As

The late-week surge capped a rollercoaster October. Early in the week, fears of a new regional banking crisis and an abrupt 100% China tariff announcement had sent markets tumbling. But by Friday, calmer notes prevailed: Trump’s tone softened (even proposing to lower tariffs if China buys U.S. farm goods), a high-level U.S.-China meeting was penciled in, and Fed expectations remained dovish ts2.tech ts2.tech. Wall Street fixed-income veteran Robert Pavlik of Dakota Wealth summed up the confusion: “The market doesn’t really know what to take when Donald Trump speaks,” he said reuters.com. In practice, investors chose to focus on earnings and