CONWAY — So, have you hugged your IRA lately?
Everyone who invests is atwitter over the stock market’s freefall reaction to President Trump’s tariffs, with the Dow dropping like Toni Matt schussing the Tuckerman Headwall back in April 1939 — but is anyone surprised? Remember, candidate Trump did frequently say during the campaign that “tariff “(aka “tax” on imported goods) is one of his favorite words.
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