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Markets hate uncertainty—unless they don’t. Under US President Donald Trump, investors have endured unprecedented tariff scares, geopolitical confrontation, outright war and a steady drumbeat of headline-driven panic. Yet stocks keep climbing; April, in particular, was a blockbuster. Maybe the best way to understand this market is to stop trying to make sense of it.