Stocks Rebound as Trump Pulls Back Canada, Mexico Auto Tariffs

The stock market finally closed in the green on Wednesday, recovering from back-to-back losses earlier this week. This was after President Donald Trump provided a one-month auto tariff exemption on Mexico and Canada.

Overall, S&P 500 was up 1.1% to 5,843, while NASDAQ increased 1.5% to 18,553.

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Here is the one-year chart of Palantir (PLTR) as of February 18, 2025, when the stock was at $125.

Palantir stock has been on fire as US Commercial customers are signing up for its software left-and-right. Last quarter, US Commercial customer count climbed 73% year-over-year to 382, from just 221 a year ago. Note, these customers are new so revenue needs time to ramp up, and yet US Commercial revenue still jumped 64% year-over-year. The key to this growth is Palantir is perhaps the best software company to implement AI into an organization’s workflow.

PLTR is currently in our Growth Portfolio.

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