Midday Madness Report – April 30, 2025, 12:08 PM EDT

Dispatches from the Last Sane Bastard in This Casino

Market Carnage Overview

Trader Hell’s a screaming slaughterhouse, you cheap pikers, and the markets are choking on their own bile. The Dow’s down 172.30 (-0.4%), a gut-punch from tariff fears and earnings flops. The SPX is cratering 44.18 (-0.8%), with tech dragging it to the abyss. The NDX’s 81-point nosedive (-0.4%) is a tech-sector funeral, fueled by SMCI’s earnings catastrophe and tariff panic. Trump’s 25% China tariffs and 10% global levies (5-10% price spikes, web estimates) are rattling cages, while Jerome Powell’s Fed skulks in the shadows, rigging gold to prop the dollar’s rotting corpse. X’s @MarginCallTrade (April 29, 2025) nails it: “$SMCI craters… market’s hanging by a thread.” This ain’t investing—it’s a goddamn crucifixion, and your portfolio’s nailed to the cross.

Stock Slaughterhouse