Why are stocks down today? Why is the stock market down today? As alerted during our stock market live look, the stock market fell today after President Trump announced software restrictions on China. This was in retaliation to the China tariffs. And it wasn’t just tariffs that spooked investors into extreme fear. The stock market crashed because of earnings as well. Netflix reported earnings last night and missed, and now Tesla earnings came in light as well, causing Tesla stock to fall also.
