Yet, lo and behold! The pan-European STOXX 600 index, that fickle creature, has decided to rebound, rising from the depths of despair it had plunged into, reaching its nadir in nearly 18 months. Thanks to the whims of U.S. President Donald Trump, who, in a fit of tariff-induced frenzy, imposed “reciprocal” tariffs on various nations, only to later suspend some of those very levies, we witnessed a chaotic ballet of market movements, erasing trillions of dollars as if they were mere autumn leaves. But fear not! European stocks, in a show of resilience, gained between 0.3% and 0.7% across regional indexes, with Germany, Spain, France, and the UK basking in their strongest one-day gains since the halcyon days of 2022. 🎉