In a year into his second term, US President Donald Trump has forced new trade deals on many of Washington's allies. After he declared the first trade war last April, investors <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-stocks-poised-for-biggest-two-day-wipeout-in-history-as-marketloses-9-6-trillion-since-inauguration-day-430919f6">lost</a> about $6.6 trillion in the U.S. stock market in two days. When he backtracked in negotiations, indexes <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/stocks-rally-trump-tariff-pause-after-market-rout-2025-04-09/">soared</a>, with the S&amp;P 500 up 7% and the Nasdaq <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/stocks-rally-trump-tariff-pause-after-market-rout-2025-04-09/">up</a> more than 9%. For investors, Trump's negotiating strategy has become a significant market risk factor.

Donald Trump's trade wars: how the US president's negotiating strategy has become a market risk factor for investors

Gold set several records in the last week of January 2026, surpassing the $5600 per ounce mark on January 29. By the evening the price began to fall rapidly and on Friday <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/cena-serebra-ruhnula-na-17-zolota-na-8-eto-krupnejsaa-rasprodaza-za-gody">fell</a> below $5000. Yevgeny Marchenko, an investor and author of the <a href="https://web.telegram.org/k/#@BizLike">Kubyshka </a>Telegram channel, believes that gold has only one option - to grow.

From $5600 to falling below $5000: why gold has fallen sharply in price after record highs

Tesla, Inc.

SpaceX is considering teaming up with Tesla or AI startup xAI, Bloomberg and Reuters wrote

Reuters: Musk's SpaceX has $8 billion in profits in 2025. That's about 50% of revenue

The Walt Disney Company

Disney CEO Bob Iger has told his cronies that he intends to step down and step away from day-to-day management of the company ahead of his contract expiring on December 31, 2026, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/media/iger-has-told-associates-he-plans-to-leave-ceo-role-before-contract-expires-35406a7b">reported</a>, citing sources.

Disney CEO Iger says he wants to leave the company before the end of his contract - WSJ

Apple Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Strong strengthening of the dollar led to a sell-off in metals

The S&amp;P 500 fell for the third straight day, but is in the plus side for January. Gold collapsed by 9%

The value of securities in trading on January 29 collapsed at the strongest rate since 2020

Outperforming 99% of rivals, an investment fund bought Microsoft stock during the collapse

Roblox Corporation

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Securities of game companies fell sharply on Friday, January 30, after Google <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/project-genie/">presented a</a> model of artificial intelligence, capable of creating interactive digital worlds by text queries. Thus, the shares of Take-Two Interactive, the developer of Grand Theft Auto, fell by about 12%, the game platform Roblox - by 14%, and the securities of the developer of the game engine Unity Software fell in the moment by 28%.

Google has launched an AI that creates digital worlds. Shares of video game developers collapsed

Company announces buyback: plans to spend $3 billion as early as 2026

Verizon stock is having its best day in 18 years thanks to an influx of subscribers. Is it worth buying?

Spotify Technology S.A.

Citi raised its recommendation on the securities of music streaming service Spotify from neutral to buy, despite their sharp decline over the past six months, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/citi-upgrades-spotify-sees-value-opportunity-after-stocks-slump.html">writes</a> CNBC. At the same time, the bank kept its target price at $650, which implies a potential upside of almost 29% from the closing level of trading on January 29.

Citi saw the potential for Spotify stock to rise 30%. Why is he expecting a reversal? 

The gap in insider selling and buying of stocks hit a five-year high in January, Bloomberg writes

Insiders mostly sold off stocks amid the S&amp;P 500's record highs. What does that tell us?

Investors assess tech giants' reports and Trump's choice to head the Fed

US markets accelerated their fall: Dow Jones lost over 1%, gold - over 8%

Kevin Warsh, nominated by Donald Trump for the post of Fed chairman, may increase the level of market confidence in the US financial system, analysts believe. During his tenure at the Fed from 2006-2011, he earned a reputation as a supporter of tight monetary policy, although he has recently advocated lower rates, which is in line with Trump's position. The dollar reacted to his nomination by strengthening and the precious metals market, seen as protective assets, by falling sharply. What is being said about Warsh on Wall Street?