Companies that increase their dividend every single year "don't just suddenly stop growing their dividends because there are tariffs."

The initial market reaction suggested that the scale of the tariffs on Wednesday had come as a surprise and analysts were still trying to figure out how they had been derived.

What President Donald Trump has billed as “liberation day” is here, but investors may need to wait until after the stock market’s close to learn the details of his latest plan for tariffs.

Days of rapid-fire developments raised the stakes for President Trump's coming promise of vast new tariffs. But it provided even less clarity on what he will actually implement as his self-imposed deadline looms in just two days.