When Trump takes aim at Wall Street, enduring the volatility is the best strategy for survival. "Trump is not going to willfully drive the markets or the economy into the ground. At least we hope not," Tom Essaye, president and founder of Sevens Report Research, told Yahoo Finance's Opening Bid. This uneasy optimism has become the bedrock of the 2026 trading playbook thus far, suggesting that while the administration's headlines are "chaotic," the ultimate goal remains a record-breaking S&P 500 (^GSPC). ...