On April 8, with stock markets in turmoil after Donald Trump’s announcement of global trade tariffs, Liam Dixon was feeling optimistic. “Nvidia, it’s down 32 per cent in the last three months,” he said in a video posted on TikTok that has had 1.8 million views and 76,700 likes. “The average price was $136 to $140 per share — yesterday it was $86 and I missed that opportunity. So I’m going to buy that now it’s at $100.”He was also buying shares in the Facebook-owner Meta, the American electric vehicle company Rivian, and a Vanguard fund that follows the S&P 500 index of America’s largest companies, he told his 38,800 TikTok followers. • US economy shrinks for first time since 2022Dixon, a 27-year-old

Source: The Times May 01, 2025 11:19 UTC