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Stocks Rise After State of Union, Greer: Trump to Hike 15% Tariff, More
25 Feb 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Nathan Hager. Wednesday morning trading is now underway on Wall Street. That is the sound of the opening bell from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A solid start to the trading day with the S&P 500 up four tenths of one percent, a gain of almost 30 points. The S&P is above 6,900 now.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is higher by a third of one percent at the open, and the Nasdaq Composite is leading the gains up six tenths of one percent. We'll have more on the market in a moment, but we continue to follow the reaction to President Trump's State of the Union address.
We have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before and a turnaround for the ages.
Over a record one hour and 47 minutes, the president touted his economic record and blamed Democrats for prices that are still elevated. More from Bloomberg's Laura Davison.
Trump really looked backwards. He, you know, touted the economy. He touted his tax cuts. But he didn't really give the party something to seize on going forward.
That's Bloomberg's Laura Davison. And that could point to a challenge ahead of the midterms, according to University of Virginia politics professor Jennifer Lawless.
He has a problem that Joe Biden had a few years ago, which is that you can you can name a bunch of metrics that suggest that the economy is moving in the right direction. But if people don't feel it, it doesn't matter.
You can hear my full conversation with UVA professor Jennifer Lawless on the Bloomberg Daybreak U.S. edition podcast. Following the speech, Vice President J.D. Vance will keep selling the message. He's headed to a factory in Wisconsin tomorrow. President Trump heads to Texas on Friday ahead of that state's congressional primaries coming up next Tuesday.
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Chapter 2: What economic achievements did President Trump highlight in the State of the Union?
Those shares at the open are lower by 3%. And TJX forecast weaker sales and a sign the hunt for deals may be over. The TJ Maxx parent may look like a deal to investors, though the shares at the open are higher by nearly 3%. Anthropic is scaling back its central safety policy, saying it will no longer delay AI development that could be dangerous if it thinks it's falling behind its competitors.
Mandeep Singh is global head of tech research at Bloomberg Intelligence.
They've been talking about guardrails and safety for quite a while. And in this case, clearly the U.S. government wants to use, you know, the version without the safeguards for the purposes of national security. And I think the company probably had to relent because of the Defense Production Act.
And Deep Singh with Bloomberg Intelligence says the Pentagon had given Anthropic till Friday to change its rules or it would have forced the company to let the military use its technology under that Cold War law. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its list of 2026 nominees. 17 artists made the cut, including...
Phil Collins, first-time nominee, along with Pink, Shakira, Wu, Tang Clan, and a half-dozen others. Oasis, The Black Crows, Melissa Etheridge, and Lauryn Hill also made the shortlist. The official Rock Hall class will be announced in April. And that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Nathan Hager. This is Bloomberg.
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Chapter 3: What challenges does President Trump face ahead of the midterms?
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