Trump’s First 100 Days Are The Worst for The Stock Market Since Nixon

President Donald Trump‘s First 100 Days in Office Are The Worst for The Stock Market for The Start Of A President’s Four-Year Term Since The 1970s.

The S & P 500’s 7.9% Drop From When Trump Was Sworn Into Office On Jan. 20 Through The April 25 Close, Is The Second Worst First 100-Day Performance Going Back To The Beginning of President Richard Nixon’s Second Term, According to CFRA Research. Nixon Saw The S & P 500 Tumble 9.9% in 1973, After A Series of Economic Measures He Took to Combat Inflation Resulted in the 1973 to 1975 Recession. Nixon Would Later Resign in 1974 Because of The Watergate Scandal.

On Average, The S & P 500 Rises 2.1% in The First 100 Days for Any President, in Data Of Postelection Years Going 1944 Through 2020, CFRA Showed.

The Severity of The Stock Drawdown to Stand Trump’s Presidency Stands in Marked Contrast To The Initial Euphoria Following Victory, When The S & P 500 Surged to All-Time Highs Amid Confidence The Former Businessman Would Bring About Much Cuts And Tax Cuts And deregulation. From Election Day to наuguration Day, The S & P 500 Advanced 3.7%, CFRA Data Shows.

The Rally Sputtered and Then Dove Sharply As Trump Used His Early Days in Office To Push Forth Other Campaign Promises That Investors, Particularly An Aggressive Approach To Trade Thaty Worry Will Raise Inflation And Push The Use Into A Recession.

In April, The S & P 500 Took A nosedive, Losing 10% in Just Two Days swear Briefly Entering Bear Market TerritoryFollowing Trump’s “Reciprocal” Tariff Announcement. Trump Then Walked Back Part of That Announcement, Giving Countries A 90-Day Pause to Renegotiate Deals, That Soothed Some Of Investors’ Concerns. Many Worry There’s Further Downside Ahead.

“Everyone’s Looking For This Bottom Here,” Said Jeffrey Hirsch, Editor of the Stock Trader’s Almanac. “I’m Still Thinking It’s A Bear Market Rally, A Near-Term Bounce Kind of Thing. I’m Not Convinced We’re Out of The Woods Yet, With The Lack of Clarity and Continuing Uncertainy in Washington.”

The S & P 500, Who Reached A Closing High Of 6,144.15 On Feb. 19, Ended Friday at 5,525.21. IT HAS ERASED ALL Postelection Gains November.

To Be Sure, Trump Has Two More Trading Days To Cut Hisses. HiTh First 100 Days Technically End Tuesday. IF The S & P 500 Rallies This Week, HE Could Get Close To The Third Worst Start – The 6.9% Decline Durn The First 100 Days of George W. Bush in George W. Bush in 2001.