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Markets have been heavy since Thursday as President Donald Trump warned of deeper tariffs on Canada and the European Union in case the two collude and policies impact U.S. economic activity.

The Bank of Japan could take another key step toward diminishing its huge presence in the bond market next week, when it releases its bond-buying plan for the second quarter that may include a cut in the size of super-long bond purchases, analysts say. Under a quantitative tightening (QT) programme laid out in July, the BOJ has been slowing bond purchases by around 400 billion yen ($2.65 billion) per quarter to halve monthly purchases to 3 trillion yen by March 2026. But it has refrained from reducing purchases of super-long government bonds as it focused on tapering other maturities, particularly the benchmark 10-year notes it has amassed during a massive stimulus programme that ended in March last year.

Investors are calling time on a rally in European stocks and the euro after a blistering first quarter that many fear has exaggerated how fast a planned public spending boom can revive the region's still sluggish economy and shore it up against trade war risks. Big asset managers including Amundi, Europe's largest, said they had held back or reduced bets on the euro or trimmed bullish European equity trades, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to announce reciprocal trade tariffs on April 2. "If the Trump administration decides to push trade partners towards a trade war it will be bearish for European equities," Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management CIO Benjamin Melman said, adding he did not expect outsized gains for European stocks from here.

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The bitcoin notes have a 35% premium over the company's Thursday closing price.

LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices were set for a third weekly gain on Friday as the U.S. ramped up pressure on Venezuela and Iran, though worries over whether Washington's tariff war could curb demand weighed on markets. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced new 25% tariffs on potential buyers of Venezuelan crude, days after U.S. sanctions targeting China's imports from Iran. The order compounded uncertainty for buyers and saw trade of Venezuelan oil to top buyer China stall.

Berkshire Hathaway has been crushing it in 2025, with the stock up 18% year-to-date, compared to a 3% decline in the S&P 500.