Dear friends and future financial titans,

Hello everyone, I’m Christian Luis Ahumada, Founder and Chief Quantitative Analyst of Prosper Grove Asset Management. I’m delighted to reconnect with all of you here in the group as we work together to gain insight into the current trends shaping the investment market and begin positioning ourselves for today’s wealth opportunities.

Today, we’ll be focusing on the following key topics:

1.What are the current trend dynamics of the stock market?

2.What does Prosper Grove Asset Management do, and what can we offer you?

3.What are the impacts of ongoing tariff policy issues?

Today’s stock market performance once again tugged at the nerves of countless investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, and S&P 500 all experienced significant pullbacks, severely dampening the release of market optimism. Panic sentiment continued to spread, with major tech stocks falling across the board. Meanwhile, gold mining stocks surged, further highlighting the growing investor demand for safe-haven and inflation-hedging assets.

With global trade negotiations at a standstill, President Trump has once again called for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, even going so far as to threaten its independence. This has further undermined investor confidence in the credibility of the U.S. dollar and sparked growing fears of an impending economic recession.

Amid the convergence of various risk factors, concerns over economic growth and inflation trends have intensified.

Moreover, the recently released data for March’s Leading Economic Index (LEI) shows a month-over-month decline of 0.7%, a significant drop compared to February’s 0.2% decrease and exceeding economists’ average forecast of a 0.5% decline.

These figures suggest that the economy may slow down this year, primarily due to the impact of tariff policies. Tariff policy is at the heart of the current market turmoil and remains a focal point for all of us.

Dear friends, it’s time to once again turn our focus to one of the most closely watched global issues — tariff policy.

Today, tariff policy is no longer just a political topic; it is actively shaking the very foundations of global capital markets. As the trade war continues to escalate, expectations of a global economic recession have surged, triggering a wave of extreme volatility across stock markets. Since President Trump issued the “reciprocal tariffs” statement on April 2, global stock markets have lost as much as $4 trillion in market value in just over two weeks — equivalent to 14% of global GDP. That is a staggering number, and one that cannot be ignored.

In the short term, there were reports suggesting that President Trump might delay tariff implementation on certain countries for 90 days. The market reacted with enthusiasm, and the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all saw significant rebounds. However, the optimism was short-lived, as the White House quickly denied the accuracy of the reports. The three major indexes promptly gave back their gains, and market sentiment shifted from excitement back to renewed panic.

This once again highlights a core issue: the deep mistrust and concern investors have regarding the Trump administration’s tariff policy. The uncertainty surrounding these policies hangs over the market like a sword, keeping investors on edge and in a constant state of defense, with confidence continuing to erode.

Friends, we must face this reality — what the market fears most isn’t bad news, but ambiguity, inconsistency, and policy reversals.

At this moment, we can no longer underestimate the ripple effects caused by the uncertainty of tariff policies. Its impact goes far beyond the fluctuations of a few stock indexes — it is now fundamentally reshaping the business landscape. For small and medium-sized enterprises in particular, it is becoming an unavoidable crisis.

Small and medium-sized enterprises have always been caught in the middle, with very limited capacity to withstand pressure. Now, they’re facing three major burdens: surging costs, broken supply chains, and a sharp decline in overseas orders. Business is hard to sustain, and financing is even harder to secure. At the same time, as financial institutions grow more risk-averse, credit and venture capital approvals are tightening across the board. Very few businesses are able to hold on.

At this moment, a silent vicious cycle is rapidly taking shape:

A. Orders are vanishing, and revenues are plunging

B. Financing is out of reach, and investment is cooling off

C. Cash is drying up, and the path forward is disappearing

Companies that once managed to stay afloat with short-term loans now find themselves trapped in a deadlock with no way forward or back. They can’t secure financing, clients have stopped placing orders, and even meeting basic payroll has become a struggle. The result: waves of layoffs, production halts, and business closures, cascading like dominoes and dragging both upstream and downstream segments of the supply chain into the abyss.

What’s even more alarming is that it’s not just businesses collapsing.

When companies go bankrupt, jobs disappear; without jobs, household income declines; as income falls, consumer confidence crumbles; with tightened spending, the internal economic cycle breaks down, and even the foundation of social trust begins to shake.

This is not just an economic blow — it’s a comprehensive test of employment, consumption, and public confidence.

Friends, we must not overlook another group being deeply affected — those working in agriculture.

When tariff policies are suddenly enacted without warning, most farmers have already planted their spring crops or at least completed land preparation and purchased seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides. Their production plans are locked in, making it nearly impossible to switch to alternative crops that have domestic market demand at the last minute.

What does this mean? It means that many export-dependent agricultural producers are not only losing access to international markets, but are also being hit with rising costs, inventory buildup, and a complete breakdown in cash flow — a triple blow.

What’s worse is that as international market barriers rise, agricultural products that once held a comparative advantage are losing their price competitiveness due to tariffs, pushing more and more farmers into a real financial crisis.

This isn’t fearmongering — it’s reality unfolding. You might not see it in the headlines, but across vast farmlands, among those quietly working the soil, an economic storm is silently taking shape.

Dear friends, this represents my in-depth reflection on the current tariff policies. I believe that by the time you’ve read this far, you’ve also started to sense the shifting dynamics and changing direction of the situation.

Yes, the times are indeed being restructured.

But remember this — behind every wave of restructuring lies the birth of a new order. Opportunity has never truly disappeared; it has simply changed its entry point and taken on a new form.

What we need to do now is not panic, not run away, but stay clear-headed, recognize the trends, quietly position ourselves while others are uncertain, and act decisively when the future arrives.

From the moment you joined our Prosper Grove Asset Management group, your investment journey took a qualitative leap and entered a phase of strategic transformation.

At this point, you are no longer navigating the markets alone — behind you stands a team of financial professionals at the forefront of the industry, dedicated to supporting and safeguarding every investment decision you make.

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Tomorrow, I will continue this journey alongside all of you as we open a new chapter in wealth creation, looking forward to even more opportunities that tomorrow may bring.See you tomorrow.